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Foreign Missionary Society.


 The Womans Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist church held it's regular meeting Monday af- ternoon in the chapel of the church The program was as follows:
 Prayer-Rev. w. c. Davidson.
 Piano solo-Mrs. F. B. Renfrow Vocal solo-Miss Lucy Hearn Broadstreet.
 Paper, "Tithing"-Mrs. P. M Bridges.
 Paper-Mrs. Sarah Strange. Paper-Mrs. LitZ.
 Piano solo-Mrs. J. B. A. Johnson Vocal duet, s.The Story Must Be d'.-Mrs. Litz and Miss Bridges
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We keep all kinds of mules for sale. Prices the lowest. Berlin Brothers. (3-1-10t)
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Senior Chautaqua.

The meeting of the Senior Chau- tauqua which wa sto have been held yesterday afternoon was postponed and will be held Tuesday afternoon, March S. The subject for study will be Israel Zangwill's "The Children of the Ghetto
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HARVIE JORDAN
 IN THE CITY

Continued on Page 5.)
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back to his sport. The death of the late
king forced a truce between the several
warning parties in the house of commons,
which had been at death grips over the
question of the authority of the house of
lords. 1t was one of the most important
questions which had arisen in England
for many generations. and the papers
would have had us believe that the peo-
pie We're on the verge OF revolution. The
reassembling of the house would seem
To be an event fraught with many posi-
BILE consequences to all concerned, yet
what do we find?
The Ri. Hon. Arthur James BalfOur,
nephew of the late Lord Salisbury and
former prime minister, leader of the OPP
position who because of his influence
with the house of lords has often been
called the~real ruler of Great Britain, is
not in his place and will not be for several
days. We have not far TO search for
him. for the daily papers inform US that
the parliamentary golf tournament is on.
Ultimately Baifour wins for the third
time honor which he would rather
possess than be prime minister again.
This apparent passion for sport fits in
with the British character. A pause at
moment of peril or at the top of a crisis
during which one engages in something
quite irrelevant is a splendid way of Civ
ing that air OF nonchalance for which the
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119; rowing, IS; shooting. ID, and so on
through the entire list. So we'll the
particular weaknesses of the members
known that those who are in the know
can construct the days calendar of sport
ing fixtures from the list of the alb
sentees from the chamber at Westmin-
Ster.
The Englishman's passion for sport is
now and then Curbed by the party
whip" an official whose duty it is to
See that the members are in their places
when necessary. He sends out circulars
to the members which read: "A motion
is expected, when your vote is earnestly
desired" In order that the member may
know just how much danger threatens
him if he disregards the notice and goes
horse-racing or shooting or fishing,
system of red marks has been perfected
by the whips If the word earnestly"
has only one red mark under it the re-
ceiver is expected to come: if it has two
he ought to come; if three he must come
and if four it means stay away at your
peril
But even then it is not necessary that
sport be neglected for this silly gov
eminent business" system is in vogue
by which the party whips get together
and pair off the members of opposing
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IIoydGe

by his ownership of the great Hermit,
which. as an unknown. won the DERBY
of 1861 and about $4,000 for its owner
Chapiins passion for horse racing must,
indeed, be great. when it can drag him
from his duties in the house of commons.
lie is d member of the old regime, one
VINO believes the England OF TO-DAY IS
rapidly hurrying to the bOw-wows. Ana
he is continually attempting to stay the
mad rush. He take his legislative dutles
almost as seriously as his horse racing
and, although his. words carry httie
weight, he speaks with a seriousness ana
pomposity that makes his speeches wei
come as a diversion and an amusement
The Ri. Hon. John Burns, president OF
the local government, board, may not
have many inches, but he is every inch
sportsman. For look at his list OF ac-
flvities in that field. He is cricketer,
an oarsman, skater and a boxer. IN
deed, he is the only representative for
cricket, skating and boxing in the pres
ent cabinet. OF course, John Burns has
engaged in many battles in which his
nard hsts were his only weapons. but this
story Is told for what it is worth
II seems that Burns had made a speech
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stock. as well as machinery End hard
ware to the amount of $2o.0o0,00J more.
The government demands are enormous.
Its railways are longer than those of the
United Kingdom, and it has eightyseven
railway shops whose average force is
l,poO hands. 1t has arSenalS and dock
yards employing 2S.0p0 meh and it ilrI-
ports great quantities of such materials
as these works demand. In addition to
this. factories and mills aret now spring
ing up over India. and they all need ma
chinery. There are almost 1.G0J cotton
mills, as we'll as jute mills. sugar mills
and foundrles making iron and brass.
At present Great Britain is monopolizing
the importations. 1t ships about all the
machinery and mill work. the most of the
railway materials and the greater part of
the iron and steel. If India can make her
own goods of this kind it will result in
the employment of millions of the natives
and Will increase the wealth and pros
perity of the country.
During nv talk with Mr. Tata asked
him to tell me about the mineral re-
sources of India. Said he:
We had to study them before planning
the steel works, My father, YOU know,
originated the idea He took it up
twenty-five years ago with the hone of
making this great manufacturing ma
ton. He had made some study of Eng
land and believed that its greatness came
from its iron and coal He wanted to see
whether India had similar possibilities
and hired prospectors to go over the
peninsula. He finally found certain de-
posits which he thought might be used
for pig metal The coal. however was of
a low grade and it needed special pro-
cesses to fit it for coking He offered
prizes for the invention of such processes.
and when they were discovered he pro-
posed to the government that it should
grant him concessions for starting the
industry. but he could get no satisfac-
ton. He. was then forced to drop the
matter. Twenty. years later he again
took it up with Lord George Hamilton,
the secretary Of state for India, and inter
ested him.. Lord Hamilton told him that
the government would be glad to aid him
in such an undertaking. and as a result
he again began his investigations, spend
ing hundred thousand dollars or so upon
them in the last years of his life. We
have continued his Investigations
What lid you find?' I asked
Much that no one imagined existed"
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Neither Is John!
CLEVER woman OF N

CLEVER woman OF Mt. Pleasant
n was speaking the other evening Of
a girl friend whose newspaper vocation
had brought her into touch with many
very interesting phases of life.
She was absolutely charming" said
the fair Washingtonian. and, consider
ing that she was neither very pretty nor
very stylish, the fascination she had for
the sterner sex was little short of mar
velous. But she was not much given To
boasting of her jqonquests; in fact she
unduly< retiefnt about them Only.
one day oyer the teacups. she told me
about her host unique experience in the
way of proposals.'
She was at that time reporting for
newspaper In a Small but thriving west
erh city; In this town were number
OF youthful full-blooded Indians. who.
however. had been educated at Carlisle
ana mad returned 10 their native heath
as very. very modern young braves. Ono,
an excellent specimen of his race, met
the girlish reporter and Immediately sue
cumbed to her charms. the charms OF
Whlch she was seemingly so unconscious.
For days, with the silence and stoi-
clsm or his people. he literally haunted
the newspaper offices in the hope of see
ing his divinity. The other reporters
teased the girl numerically. But. with
the nonchalance of a true newspaper
"o'eh, She CdIeiesSiy lduSHeu dt Her
tormentors. When the climax came the
reporter and her faithful gallant were
stroliing toward a car under the friendly
protection of one umbrella. The Indians
opportunity had come and he fastened
to embrace it.
Miss Anna he asked. YOU marri-d?'
No, John, she answered.
Miss Anna. he again Intercepted,
you engaged?'
No, john she once more replied.
The Indian sighed a heartfelt sigh of
relief
Well Miss Anna, he said. thougl
everything was settled, neither is
joint"
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and to educate them for their work. We
have a pension fund, and also savings
fund. to which the men can contribute
a certain percentage of their incomes.
the company paying them dividends upon
their savings
Coming back from my interview with
Mr.. Tata to the Tai Mahal Hotel. L
passed long lines of bullock carts carry
ing cotton through the city. \ continue
Gus procession of these may be seen here
a all hours of the day throughout tho
year. Bombay's prosperity is founded
upon cotton. 1t has an enormous mar
ket, and its shipments of raw Cottons
and cotton goods approximate fifty mil
lion dollars a year. 1t has cotton mills
here and there throughout the city, and
their smokestacks are to be seen every
where. This province Is one of the larg-
est of the cotton producers. and it does
more spinning and weaving than any
other. There are about ninety mills in
Bombay alone or more than one-thlrd
of all the cotton mills of the country.
The largest mill owners are the Tatas,
the SaSsoonS, and other millionaire
Parsees. The capital invested in the
business, all told. amounts to sixty million
dollars, or more.
The cotton industry Of India was made
by our civil war. They were growing cot
ton long before that, but the exports never
averaged more than S15,OOoUuo year.
When the war began and our cottons
were shut out of England. those OF lndia
leaped to the front, and the year the war
closed they had reached the enormous
total of 1885,, 100000. That was the boom
ing time for Bombay. The people thought
there would be no end to their prosperity.
Land went up several hundred per cent,
and every one thought that this would be
the. great port Of the world. Then came
the surrender of Lee, and cotton dropped
like shot. 1t was 40 cents pound. ana
it went down to - and continued to drop.
This made a panic in Bombay. The Par
see banks failed for millions. and thou
sands were bankrupt. The cotton exports
steadily fell and in 1879 they amounted
to only $+O,OOO,OOO Since that time most
of the present mills have been built, and
the exports of raw cotton have risen. The
latter are now running at something like
S.. coo a year. while the exports OF
manufactured goods are S35,O00.0OO.
What the industry needs is a protective
tariff. and especially SO against England.
The Manchester mill men. however. will
not allow parliament to grant this. and by
SO doing they are keeping India back. IL
the British would give the country the
same rights that of the United States
have as to such matters India could not
only make all the cotton goods used by
her 300. 100000. but could export goods to
China and the other countries of Asia. A
protective tariff would turn Hindustan
into a beehive, and would make IL one of
the richest instead of, as 1t is now, ono
of the poorest of lands.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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>DZHZA, HAD a. TIE
STEEL M0RK5 THAT
mn RENGLZZZZZ1WzE
Hz7yDU3ZAW

600 tons of foundry iron, 100000 tons Of
steel rails and 10000 tons of bars and
plates. 1t will have to increase its i'm
ports of locomotives, bridges and steel
building materials. II we get only "A
small percentage of this trade we shall
have more than we can do
Will India ever export steel to China
and Japan
Il doubt it, was the reply. China has
already started a big steel works of it's
own at Han-Yang. 1t has far greater
mineral deposits than we have. and it
might supply Japan. although that coun-
try has already established an extensive
steel industry. Our home market will
take all that we or any native institution
can make for generations to come"
But has India the money to establish
such institutions?''
There is no doubt of that fact" replied
the Parsee capitalist. There are MIL
lions in India awaiting investment. if the
people can be sure that the money will
pay dividends without danger Of loss. l
don't know that you have heard of In
dias buried wealth. 1t is enormous
have seen estimates that gold to the
amount of three billion dollars is buried
under the ground. There are. millions
which are boarded in the shape of jewel
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referring slightingiy to the ability of the
members of the National Sporting Club,
England's premier prize fighting organi-
zation, declaring that the members de-
lighted to look on. but that he, Burns. al
though a small man, could lick the best
Of them. Burns was handling a live wire
when he made such sweeping state
ment. Immediately Sir Claude Champion
de Crespigny. a famous sporting baronet,
and father of the Capt de Crespigny who
recently visited the United States with
an English polo team, took up the chal-
lenge. Sir Claude weighed ten pounds
less than the redoubtable Jeln and was
ten years older, at a time of life when
years count against a man. But Burns
refused to be .coaXed into the ring with
the fire eater he had uncovered, and
nothing more. was heard from him.
The ponderous figure of the Rt. Hon.
Richard Burden Haldane, secretary of
state for war. sitting further along on
the same bench, hardly suggests the ath-
lete. His face is almost continually
wreathed in smiles and gives YOU the i'm
preston of being made up Of so many
balls of varying size-One for the nose.
one for each cheek, an enormous one for
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ry, and a great amount is hidden away
in small sums. We want to get this
money into circulation and hope to do 50
some day. At the same time we have
many rich men: and there is no reason
why we should go outside for capital.
The conversation here turned to the
cotton mills in which the Tatas are SO
largely interested and which the father
of u. j. Tata built up. l asked Mr.. Tata
as to the condition of the business.
1t is rapidly growing" said he. I'VE
now have here in India over 900 mills.
and 30 more could be established and
run at profit. Most of our mills work
day and night, and We cannot supply the
demand. Our home market is enormous.
We have aD,000,0Oo people, and they all
dress in cottons. Just over the way is
China which is waking up 20 the west,
ern civilization and increasing its wants
There are 4O0,0OO.OOO there who wear cot
tons. There is a big market In Farther
India. and to the west of us as we'll as
in Africa. Indeed. the markets for the
cotton mills of this part of the world
are so great that we do not need those
of either Europe or America"
Your father established some Of the
first spinning mills. did he not?
Not the first: There was a cotton mill
at Calcutta in 1918, and the fist at Bonn
bay was established in 1851 MY father
established his original mill much later
He was one of the first to start mills in
the interior. He founded one at Nagpur
IN 1914, ana, Wnen ne uleQ he was inter-
ested in many. not only here but in other
parts of the country. He was then en-
ploying altogether in his cotton mills
alone about 5000 hands. Those mills are
still working and are doing We'll NV
father was the first to introduce ring
spinning into India. and in this he revo-
lutionized the industry
Tell me something about your labor
element, Mr.. Tata? Can the Hindoos
handle machinery
Yes. They are excellent factory hands.
Our boys are especially good. We have
many little children of ten or twelve in
the mills whose supple fingers can do
quite as we'll those of the full-grown
women. employed at Manchester. Indeed,
l think they do better"
What are the wages paid in the mills %
The average is fifteen rupees a month.
That means about 50, or over ID cents
day. That is good wages for India. A
native can live on less than $3 a month,
and all he makes over that is clear profit.
Our chief trouble is that the hands will
stop work If they get money ahead. They
will labor for two or three months, and
then lay off and spend what they have
saved. If 4 man has a hundred rupees
t$3:) ahead, he will, like as not. leave
the mills and go back to his native yil-
lage and spend a year. or more in riotOus
living. When he has spent all he has,
and all he can borrow, he will come
back half starving and ask for a place.
We do what We can TO keep our hands,
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the forehead and tiny one for the chin.
Haldane's sport is long-distance walking,
and he has been known to cover sixty or
seventy miles of hard country road day
time and again. Only one who has at
tempted such feat knows what that
means. Yet Haldane is fifty-four years
old and weighs well above 200 pounds.
Another inveterate walker in the pres
ent cabinet is David Lloyd-George, chan
cellor of the excheauer, although he
would make no claim to any such dis
lance record as his colleague. Thirty
miles is as much. as he would wish to
attempt in the short span Of time be-
TWEEN sunrise and sunset.
What is true of the members of the
cabinet and front bench of the opposi-
ton holds true, as WELL of the entire
house of commons. The member who
does not acknowledge the dominion of
some sport in his everyday life is COM
parative rarity 1t would be interesting
to record the membership of the house
by sports, as-golf, 212; automobilins.
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Two S-EyeS.

g ENATOR LA TOILETTE was talking
- about two corporations that had been
attacking one another in the press
''They both scored, he said They
made ME think of two prisoners in At
lanta, one of whom had been convicted
of stealing a watch the other of stealing
COW.
These two prisoners hated each other,
and as they passed one morning in the
exercise var the cow-stealer said with
a sheer:
What time is it?'
Milking time the watch-stealer an
swered
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written by gentlemen for gentlemen" To
paraphrase the saying. which has now
become historic, L might say that Eng
land is governed by sportsmen for
sportsmen." For in their passion for
sports the members of the house but
reflect the tendency Of the man in the
street.
Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reserved.D
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was the reply. THE geological survey
had mentioned Several iron deposits. We
reprospected them and finally thought
we had some large enough for our pur-
pose. We sent 10 the United States for
experts, and among others secured
Charles Page Perrin to tell us whether it
would pay to work the. mines. The first
deposits we examined were not far from
Nagpur, and upon our arrival at that
place we went into the Mineral Museum.
AS we looked at it Mr.. Weld. one of our
American mining engineers. observed
some fine ore labeled with the location of
the deposit. We looked it up in the geo
logical survey and found the ore was de-
scrlbed in three lines Of print.
Eve went to the place and discovered
there two great hills of almost solid
superior to the best of your ores. II
was the equal of almost any ore of
the world. In testing lit we used a
diamond drill, sink ing it into the ore
bodies to depth Of 100 feet. We as
sayed the ,borings and found the ore
good throughout. We reported this to
the geological survey, but they claimed
there must be a mista ke. They sent
out their own investigators. and they
reported that the iron was even better
than we had represented.
AT the same time. continued Mr..
Tata. I'VE found deposits of good cox
ing coal not far away, and also lime
stone and the other necessary condf-
granted concessions for these various
deposits, and as a result our steel plant
is now going up. We have coke ovens
which will turn out 500 tons per day,
and our blast furnaces will have ca
pacity of 200 tons every twenty-four
hours
Your works should succeed the bet
ter on account Of the Swadeshi move
ment." said I.
They will be favored by the East In
dams on that account. was the reply.
"Our people will patronize home industry
and Swadeshi goods or goods made by
such industries will undoubtedly be pur-
chased in preference to imports from
abroad of the same quality and of the
same price. When cur. works begin
operation India will be taking about 400
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K + S ! D f y 7
ROOSEVELT had
his tennis cabinet
and President Taft
has his golf cabi-
net. but they are
transitory phases
of executive activ-
ity and pass out OF
existence with the
men. In England
liberal c a b / n @ { s
come and go, tories