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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
ALTAMAHA RIVER is HIGH.
Almost over the Banks at Some
Points Up the River.

Reports received in the city yes
terday from points along the Altama-
ha river were to the effect that, at
several places, the river was almost
over the banks and the danger stage
had been reached. It is expected,
however, that the water will at once
recede.
The river began to rise few days
ago, and, swelled by the heavy rains
of the past week, it has several times
reached within few inches OF the
banks.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
LEVEE HELD AT HICKMAN, TENN,
DURING THE NIGHT, BUT
is IN DANGER,
Forty-fiVe Feet Expected to Be Re.
corded at Memphis by Tonight and
1t is Feared Serious Damage viii
Then Result.

Louisville, KY, March 3O.-Tele.
phohe advlces from Hickman, KY, to-
aay say the Mississippi river levee
tnere held throughout the night, but
that the swollen waters are rising
raplaiy'and it is feared the swapping
point OF the levee's strength will be
reached before midnight.
All night long gangs of men strug-
gled against the rushing waters. They
pied hundreds of sand bags behind
tne leVee and built up the great bank
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
Confer in PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, March 30.-As the re-
suit of kilograms exchanged today be-
tween George F. Baer, representing
the operators, and John P. White and
other officials of the mine workers
union, a conference will be held in
this city on April 1 to discuss the
demands of the anthracite men for
higher wages and better working
conditions.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
TWO KILLED IN DUEL.

whltesburg, KY, March S0.-After
a quarrel, p. C. Cook and Charles
CaudiII killed each other in e pistol
duel here today. Caudill fell first.
While lying on the ground he made a
last effort, and shot Cook to death,
Just before he himself died
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
Indiana Dam Breaks.

Hammond. Ind, March 30.-Much
damage was done when the Grant
Williams Dyke on the Kankakee river
gave way today between the towns Of
Shelby and Schneider, and fifteen
feet Of water swept out to inundate
the surrounding country.
Reports from Schneider indicate
that the water is slowly inundating
the town.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
ICE WAGON AND STREET
CAR coLLIDED YESTERDAY
Motornan and Driver Both Escaped
Without Being Injured.

An electric car on the Norwich
street line and an ice wagon Of the
Glynn Ice company met in a collis-
ion yesterday morning, which came
very near resulting seriously. hut for
tunately the motorman and the driver
Of the ice wagon both escaped with
out injury.
Just who was at fault is not knows,
but. of course, the motorman and the
driver both think that the other was
to 5lame. The ice wagon was badly
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
FIRE AT ATLANTIC CITY.

Atlantic City, N. j., March 30
Young's ocean pier, one Of the big
features along the sea front of this
resort, was destroyed by fire early
today. One fireman who fell through
roof. was injured
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
viii Reach Danger Mark.

st. Louis, March 30.-With the Mis-
sissippi river here making 20 feet
today and rising it was expected that
the danger lark, 30 feet, would be
reached. fas
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
Miner. Rsnin Last shit.

Hazleton, Pa, March 30.-Declaring
that they would remain out until the
suspension was at an end, the miners
Of the Hazleton mine, started the
last shift this morning before their
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
MANY MINERS ARE NOW LEAVING
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIELD PITS

agreement with the operators expires
on Sunday night. Company officials
look for a general idleness of the
collieries Monday.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31
Idle
Dollar

of your money should be pu
to hard work.
When your money is in
vested it works for you day and
mig h Interest accumaIates
with astonishing rapldity.
Also the knowledge that your ,
money is safe from thieves or !
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-31

IS a surging current that
ven +bS >, and higher each hour.
tree med with rifles who pa
~ OWL levee added to the scenes
"a tree 4here had been dispute
the toWnspeople as to the ad-
DrOIoocs cutting the levee at the
Of Of town in order to avert
liable OF the upper part. Guards
ID ~ oood finally to prevent the cut
.lsba1l point. 9
son evil ON Columbus this morn
town Is under three or
NJ not water. The property dam
lag with great, houses are float
crea- the streets and all the
ran Men ave taken to the high
5 and
they fe loss has occurred at
Il be re a baby dropped from
q he 4 mother last night was
- they te 1t was recovered.
Try MI ar aro Memphis Leve.s
one bet ioHe
woNrAs as triyer here will record
l>p rT -sunday night and forty
one Il the next five days was
declare by Local Forecaster s. @.
Emery in an official statement issued
today. He believes that with the
water now in sight, the river will
attain a stage of forty-two feet or
even higher provided the levees don't
break.
At Helena, Ark, stage Of fifty feet
will be reached by the middle of next
week. Because many of the landings
have been submerged and for fear of
striking the leyees. thereby causing
breaks, the steamboat lines have
withdrawn many OF their steamers.
They are tied up at the local wharves.
The st. Louis boats have been dis
continued. Only small steamers are
being navigated in the upper and
lower river trade.
The local gauge early today showed
stage OF SS.S.
Conditions in the manufacturing
district are such as to cause hur-
ried preparations for the removal of
property to higher ground. A num-
ber of sawmills will be put out of
commission in the next few days il
the water continues to rise.
The government engineers feel con-
fident that the levees will Withstand
the pressure Of the water, but are
preparing for emergencies.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
co.opERArIHE PnRCHASLNG.

The study Of cooperative societies
made by American agents abroad and
transmitted by the President to Congress
does not bear out the extravagant claims
often made In behalf Of that method of
eliminating the middleman" as a means
toward cutting down the cost Of living.
The societies, which have developed enor-
mously in England, do not in general pre-
tend to sell to their members cheaper
than they can buy Of the grocer or dry
goods merchant Their alleged practice
is to sell at the prevailing prices and
then to return TO the members dividend
annually made up Of the profits thus
gained. The profits instead Of going to
the butcher, grocer or drygOods man go
to the buyer himself That is the theory.
The estimate made for the whole United
Kingdom is that dividends average about
per cent Of the purchase price paid by
the cooperative society members.
On the face of it cooperative purchas-
ing therefore saves its members 0 per
cent Of the cost Of articles bought CO.
operatiyely. But 1t is not conceded by
critics OF the movement that the gain Is
really as great as it seems; for they al
lege that the dividend Is often earned by
charging higher prices than prevail In
the retail stores or by furnishing for the
same price that is asked by the retail
storekeeper an article inferior in quality
to his. Obviously so narrow a margin
Of saving as . per cent might easily be
explained away.
The movement, whether the saving Is
real or not. is immensely popular In Eng
land. In 1869 there were 400 societies,
with 10000 members. In 1908 there
were 5000 societies. with 270l 900 men,
bers. The sales meanwhile increased
from 2333OO0 pounds sterling to 49,
100000 pounds sterling. But other fac
tors than saving through cooperative
purchases have problbly contributed to
the growth OF the societies. Various ac-
tivities add to their popularity. Many
OF them Insure the lives and property Of
their members, the insurance IN some
cases being proportional to the amount
OF the members annual purchases. Thus
they become sort Of mutual benefit or
ganization, and that alone would account
for good deal of success
Then. again their social side has its
attractions. Most Of them provide lett-
ures and entertainments and annual out
ings for members and have circulating
Libraries and reading rooms. They have
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
INVERTED EXPURGATION.

We are accustomed to the eXpurga-
ton of French fiction and plays in Eng
lish translations, but it Is much of a
novelty. indeed. to learn of the proposed
expurgation Of an English novel In its
French edition According to an inter
esting report from England this process
Is TO be adopted in the case of Mr.. II.
G. Wellss Ann Veronica" What Is
more, Mr.. Wells is said not only to have
consented to this treatment Of his more
or less notorious tale, but TO have actu'
ally insisted upon it.
The operation to be performed on his
book by its French translator, and under
his supervision, is not, however, expur-
cation in the accepted sense of the word.
but its exact opposite. In fact, inverted
expurgation" describes it exactly, for.
far from making a tardy concession TO
conventional morality. the French edi-
ton will defy ii still further by emitting
the weak kneed, shutting recognition OF
Mrs. Grundy with which the story ends
in the original, the belated marriage OF
its hero and heroine, their ultimate re-
cantation Of their swollen theory OF the
Higher Morality. And thereby, IL ap-
pears, hangs q tale Of Mr. Wells's lack
Of the courage of his convictions. He,
so the report from England proceeds,
ended his novel thus tamely, and nulli-
fed its thesis. because he feared that
otherwise It would have proved entirely
t,t t,1.I 70
doubt, the American reading public. In
freer France, Ann Veronica and her
elective affinity will continue TO defy
conventional morality, instead Of weak
ly seeking to conciliate it with a tardy
wedding as in England
1t is a question for Mr. Wells's own
artistic and social and moral conscience
to explain and justify to the brotherhood
and sisterhood OF the Higher Moral
Law. But what of other English and
American authors, who, respecting the
social and moral conventions from con
viction. may hereafter ffpd themselves
at the mercy of translators! The right
to expurgate is, we believe, generally
stipulated in contracts for translation
from foreign languages--it IS not only
French authors who require Bowdleriz-
ing in English. VIII the right Of "in-
verted oxpurgation" be hereafter made
part Of the contract when our writers of
fiction and drama are selected for the
distinction Of publication abroadT VIII
they be enabled to control the degree
to which this novel treatment will he
applied to their works? What protec-
ton. for instance. would the author Of
Helena Richie have il her French or
German or Italian translator decided
that Helena should not awaken-as Ann
Veronica will not marry In France-and
if he unscrupulOusly refralned from com
municating to her his fell intention?
Inverted expurgation' will add new
terror TO translation. Its possibilities
are incalculable.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
A GOOD BEGINNING.

If New York City needs q new charter,
as some of its officials and many of its
citizens believe, the first step toward
getting ii should be the passage Of Sen
ator Wagner's bill which authorizes the
Board Of Statutory Consolidation to
prepare a consolidation Of all statutes
relating to the territory within the city
Of New York. Ii appropriates the sum
of $4,000 for the expense Of the work.
AS sort of byproduct of its work in
preparing the consolidation of all the
general statutes of the state, the Board
OF Statutory Consolidation has at hand
the material for this proposed consolida-
ton Of all laws relating TO the city In
available form, so It could perform the
duties imposed on 1t under the proposed
new statute easily and promptly.
Recent attempts to build q new char
ter for New York have failed primarily
because the charter builders went about
their task in the wrong way. The Ivins
charter substituted for the present
scheme OF government here an entirely
new one, which because of its radical
treatment Of the borough presidents was
killed by protests of believers in Brook
lyn autonomy" and Queens autonomy"
and Richmond autonomy" The Ham,
mond charter made no such striking de-
parture from the existing order of things,
but it and its successor, the unsa vory
Murphy -Gaynor charter Of last year. con-
tained enough new and strange material
to bring about their deserved death.
1t may be that better government
could be obtained and the oity's work
better performed If there were changes
In the plan Of government. No charter
is likely to be faultless. even when II is
passed. and the growth aud development
of great city necessitate constant
changes In Its organic law. But since
any charter changes are bound to be the
object Of partisan political concern. and
since great business interests are bound
to interfere In the process Of changing
the city's law. il should first OF all be
established clearly and definitely what
the powers and duties Of the officials
are under the existing scheme Of gov
ernment, and the laws under which this
city and its component parts are run
should be collected into one coherent,
understandable document. That Is the
purpose Of the Wagner bill The stat
utes affecting New York City. and its
subdivisions would be rewritten and
edited, conflicts reconciled, and obsolete
measures thrown into the waste basket.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you permit constant reader
Of The Tribune (altogether the fairest ana
most enlightened Journal In New York; to
remark how very slowly great political
ideas appear 10 percolate through the me-
tropolls? II will surprise the average New
Yorker to be told that most momentous
issue is pressing forward with increasing
velocity for solution. nothing less, IN tact
than the political freedom Of the Amer
lean voter.
When the New Yorker goes 10 the polls
and unrolls his very long ballot he may be
aware that on some occasions by some su-
preme effort he has had something TO say
about the nomination Of the man at the
head OF the ticket, but that all the rest or
that long ballot is the work OF the boss.
The boss's usurpation Of the ballot once
fairly accomplished. every other usurpa-
ton and tyranny naturally follows. The
boss can sell franchises or sell legislation
or pack the judiciary. Without the aid OF
the bosses the trusts could never have ac-
complished their usurpations, for when mo-
nopoly can raise prices at will and inqe-
pendently Of the law of supply and demand
Il has usurped one Of the most important
functions Of our government-namely, the
taxing power.
In the long discussion about the nigh
cost of living IL must have struck many
that a parcels post. carrying staple articles
OF diet from the producer to the consumer,
would have been OF untold blessing to the
poor. The people OF Great Britain have
had II for more than twenty years. They
got It because their voters are politically
free. And we do not get it because We
are under the domination OF bosses and
monopolists Joined together in an unholy
alliance against the people. II will be a
colossal task to raise the American voter
70 a political equality with the voter OF
Great Britain or Switzerland, but under the
leadership Of Theodore Roosevelt II would
be more quickly done than under the lead
ership OF any other man. RICHMOND.
St Petersburg. Fla, March 3, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

rejected OF course there can be no
Thought of compelling the men to return
10 work on unacceptable terms ana
therefore the strike may continue III
spite Of the law. If In such case the
mine owners are able to get other men
in nlace of the strikers, which Is not
probable. the government will be under
the grave responsibility Of providing
police or military protection for them
on an exceptionally large scale ana
thus. In the eyes Of the labor unions
making itself an agency Of the strike
breakers.
Still more grave will be the issues In
volved in the course of the government
if, as is intimated, it purposes to saKe
possession Of and operate mines whose
owners refuse to reopen them under she
legally prescribed terms. That VIII
mean one of the most radical new depart
ures of our day in industrial and social
legislation. and besides imposing upon
the government immense responsibilities
and perplexities in the very act ltsei1
will establish a precedent the extent or
whose results Is simply inestimable. we
may be sure that the same principle Will
| be invoked in other cases. In case OF
railroad strike. Of course, the govern
ment must operate the roads. Then sup
pose the cotton spinners strike, and the
grocery clerks, and the agricultural Ia
borers; must the government take over
the mills and the groceries and the
farms? 1t might not be easy to deflne
reasons for doing so in one case and not
in another. and yet if the practice we're
! adopted of doing so generally there
might be an end Of private enterprise
and an application of either universal
paternalism or universal socialism, If
indeed there is any difference between
! the two.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
THE EASIER WAY.

The inquiry into the methods followed
in establishing market prices for butter
and eggs has already uncovered one
highly interesting fact. That is that in
the butter and egg business the ma
chinery for producing quotations has
been perfected to q degree which makes
the system in use in the Stock, Produce
and Cotton exchanges seem crude and
antiquated. Time, labor and mental
energy are economized in tne Mercan-
tile Exchange in a way which ought to
open the eyes Of the stock and grain
brokers who still stick to the outworn
notion that in order to ascertain prices
it is necessary to buy and sell.
According to the new economy Of the
butter and egg men a market open five
hours day, crowded with brokers offer
ing to sell or buy stock or commodities,
is a costly anachronism. How much
easier, cheaper and more convenient for
all concerned it IS to have couple of
experts announce early each morning
the prices for the day. That saves wear
and tear on floor operators. quiets the ir-
ritating click-cack Of the ticker. gives
the office manager a chance to take a
nap after lunch, and allows prospective
purchasers and sellers to 90 automobil-
ing or play golf with the soothing as
surance that nobody can bull or bear the
market on them in their absence.
What a return to the sedate and sim
pie life there would be in the neighbor-
hood Of Wall, Broad and New streets II
committee should come around about
1920 q. m. with a complete list OF stock
quotations for the day! Some Of the
leaders in the tranquillized butter and
egg trade have testified that official quo
tations for those products were an
nounced after the quotation makers had
asked various brokers what they were
willing to sell for" If that plan were
to be introduced in the Stock Exchange
no foolish outsider could take 1t into his
head to put quotations down or up by
simply fling orders to buy or sell. He
would have TO bow for at least twenty
four hours to the omniscience Of the
quotation arbitrators, from whose judg-
ment there could be no appeal.
Wall Street Is still operating in the
shadow of the delusion that sales deter
mine values. II has much to learn from
the butter and egg merchants, who have
demonstrated how much easier and
cheaper it Is to do business on the
theory that values determine sales.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
pL,NLSHLNG THEMSELVES.

II is interesting TO hear that the peo-
ple of Louisiana are up in arms against
fbe Underwood free sugar bill which the
House Of Representatives passed on FIJI
day. A great mass meeting was Delu III
New Orleans a few evenings ago 10 de'
nOunce Mr.. Underwood as q wrecker or
prosperity, and in that mass meeting the
Democratic candidate for Governor, the
Mayor of New Orleans and various other
Democratic politicians took conspicu-
GUS part. These Democratic leaders
NAV have thought that their exhibition
of Indignation was Impressive and well
founded. But that was only because
they failed to see themselves as others
see them. To an impartial outside ob-
server they seemed merely TO be making
hullabaloo over the necessity for lock-
ing the stable door after the horse mad
been stolen with their cOnnivance and
assistance
The people Of Louisiana did every
thing in their power to create the op-
portunity Just seized upon by the Demo
cratic majority in the House of Repre-
sentatives to strike the duty off suglr.
They elected in 1910 seven Representa-
tives whose votes were certain to be cast
so as to give control Of the House ma
chinery to a party hostile to the theory
that the domestic sugar industry ought
TO be protected against foreign compe-
tition. They contributed as far as they
could to the return of the Democracy TO
mower I'm the lower branch Of Congress in
. spite Of the well known fact that the last
Democratic. House, like the present one,
voted to put sugar on the free list. They
also cast their nine votes in the Electoral
College Of 1908 for Presidential candi-
date who tried TO make sugar free In
1894 and against a candidate openly
committed to the policy Of rational pro-
| lection, to whom as President they now
turn with. an appeal to shield them from
the consequences of their own folly.
The claim Of the New Orleans meeting
that the Democratic House has betrayed
Louisiana would carry more weight if
1t had been coupled with frank con
fession that the people of Louisiana nad
also betrayed themselves. They have
| tied themselves up with the Democratic
party since 1876 at their own peril, and
they alone can be surprised that tie
party has now done exactly what was tn
be expected of it. They would certainly
attract more general sympathy If they
| shOuld declare an intention 10 vote as
they talk, abandoning the unworthy and
ridiculous attitude Of supporting in ma
tional elections an organization from
whose kicks between times they have 70
ask protection at the hands Of a Repub-
lican Senate and Republican President.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


Washington March ls.-The President re-
mained in his private study to-day, re-
ceiving only a few callers, including the
Secretary OF the Interior, who has just re-
turned from Panama. Mr.. Taft will leave
here tomorrow for a two days trip IN
New England.
Monday morning the President VIII De
the guest Of the Mayor and city omclais
OF Boston at breakfast at the Somerset
This will be followed by an address TO the
Legislature at o'clock. Mr.. Tart VIII De
the guest at luncheon OF the Pilgrim Pub
ljcity Club at o'clock; at 8 o'clock ne VIII
review the st. Patrlcks day parade; at 1
he will meet the officers OF the Massa-
chusetts Peace Society: at o'clock he VIII
dine with the Charitable Irish Society: at
8 O'Clock he will visit the dinner OF the
Bank Offlcers' Association, then spend
few minutes at the dinner OF the Boston
Paper Trade Association, and at 1880 look
In at the dinner of the Boston Yale men.
The President will leave Boston early
Tuesday morning for New Hampshire,
making stops at Nashua, Manchester and
Concord. Mr.. Taft will return to Washing
ton early Wednesday morning
Secretary Hllles. in answer to letter
inviting the President to attend the inter-
national conference OF knights Templar In
Washington on August 10, says: The
President will In all probability be In
Beverly, where he hopes to have an un-
broken vacation and rest"
Mrs. Taft will go to New York on Mon
day. and on Tuesday will visit the
.Ispanese flower garden at the Waldorf.