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The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
chanc. for Federal Income Tax.

Thirty-two States have notified the
Secretary of State of their ratification
of the income tax amendment to
the Federal Constitution. Two other
States have ratified, but sent no of1cial
notice. The number of States, whose
assent is required to make the amend
ment effective, is thirty-six, so that
only two more approvals are needed.
1t is, however. stretching the proba-
bilities to say that the amendment may
be ready to be proclaimed by Janu-
ary I.
Vermont is the only State whose
Legislature is now in session or will
likely to be in session until after
January T.. but Vermont rejected the
amendment last January. We read
also that New Hampshire and Utah
have reported reflections to the State
Department. That seems to be an er-
ror. for in New Hampshire one branch
of the Legislature has twice voted to
ratify, and the other twice has declined
to rstify, and in Utah the two houses
have had a similar difference. The
only Legislatures to reject outright
were those of Vermont, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, and Massachusetts,. But
Massachusetts, did not consider the re-
lection final. for its Legislature since
has voted twice on the amendment, the
two houses disagreeing each time.
Thus counting Vermont, Rhode Is
land, and Connecticut as final rejectors,
there are eleven States in which no
definite action has been taken either
way. They are Delaware, New HaR-
shire, Massachusetts,, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Virginia,
Florida. New Mexico, Wyoming, and
Utah. But Delaware, New Mexico, and
Wyoming have not voted at all. In
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, New
Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Flor
ida, and Utah one house has favored
and the other opposed ratification. In
Pennsylvania one house has voted in
favor of the law. but the other has
not voted at all. Inasmuch as.the Leg
islatures in the States named, except
Virginia, will not meet until next. win
ter, the amendment may secure the
support of the two still needed by the
end of February, and will become part
of the Constitution before the present
national administration ends.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Moslem's Holy War.

,s,s Herald readers will reeollect what this
paper had to say in respect to the ter
E rible calamity which will befall not
only the near East but every land in
which Christians dwell under the rule
saof the half moon if ever the Sheik-ul-
Islam should proclaim "holy war y
ie"This has now been invoked, and the
faithful have been commanded" to
j hasten to the green flag of the prophet
"dnder the leadership of the Ulemas,
1.-The most fanatical Moslem priests or
Dervishes, in order to save Turkey
from the onslaught of the "Giours."
.eu Sultan Mahmoud V is peace-loving
. and extremely pious man. He is even
"a well-meaning man of Western man.
ners and education. He dreaded to
= seek the sanguinary aid of the high
priest of the Mohammedan hierarchy,
the Sheik-ul-Islam, the real defender
: of the Moslem faith; for he knew full
{ well what such an interference would
mean. But now the terrible torch has
: been, ignited, and unless some sort of
an understanding is arrived at-soon-
the confagration will not only envelop
: the ill-fated Balkan lands who had
SO much to suffer already from Mos
/ lem fanaticism, but it will spread
quickly from the Bosphorus to the
,Euphrates and Tigris. from the Caspian
Z Sea to the Gulf of Persia And then,
indeed. vac victis" Christians will
be n,assacred in hekatombs in Asia
Minor, in Persia, in Arabia. in Tibet,
in Afghanistan, even in India (Which
is full of Mohammedans) and not only
in Armenia, Macedonia, Thrace, or
Thessaly
And what is more. The powers, the
terror-stricken Christian world. will
!, not in justice be able to lay the en-
tire responsibility of the massacres at
the door of the Turk He is fighting
for his home, his very existence. He
uses all means at his command not to
lose his own and his country, not to be
driven across the Bosphorus.
The Herald is no apologist for the
Turk. The sooner he is kicked out of
Europe-and Asia Minor for" that mat
ter-the better for Christianity, but we
say again what repeatedly we have
: proclaimed:
l. That the Turk had something up
his sleeve. in the way of trap"
T. That this war will cause more
bloodshed than all the Balkan states
have thus far suffered together from
Moslem fanaticism, and,
3. That the soldiers of the Balkan
allies were being sacrificed with no tan
gible results to their countries, owing
to the determination of Russia and
= England to keep each other from the
Dardanelles. the key to the Levant, and
the ultimate key to the Suez Canal
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Seed Distribution.

The distribution of seeds by the De-
partment of Agriculture has been a
form of "paternalism" much appreci-
ated by members of Congress, but to
a considerable extent criticised and
even ridiculed by the public. Even
the recipients frequently indulged in
comments that did not indicate any
measure of gratitude. 1t may have
been species of graft, yet we would
be a happy country had we never
suffered from anything worse. 1t
might be unjust to charge that positive
benefit had not resulted from the Gus
tom, especially since the work has been
placed on more systematic basis.
The government is more careful now
than it used to be concerning the quail
ity of the seeds that it dispenses
through its Congressional agents and
otherwise, and there can be little
doubt that many of these dissemina-
tons have fallen on good ground and
become factors in the agricultural pros
perity of the country.
1t has become an important function
of the Department of Agriculture to
purchase and prepare seeds, plants,
shrubs, and even trees for the multi
tude. A report prepared by the Fed
eral Bureau of Plant Industry gives a
history of this institution. 1t might
have been supposed with the great va
riety and almost limitless extent of
the plant life found here, that the
fathers of our nation would have as
sumed that this feature of develop
ment would take care of itself. But
not So Benjamin Franklin, when in
England, sent to Pennsylvania null
berry cuttings and silkworm eggs, hop
ing to make them the basis of new
industry, and whether it, was due to
his initiative or not. it has found lodg-
ment IN certain sections of the country.
Thomas Jefferson, during his sojourn
in France, forwarded many samples of
grasses, rice, vegetables, and fruit.
The FIRST appropriation by Congress
for the distribution Of seeds was one
II $1,000 in Isso- Only speoo psck-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Story Of Confederate
Flag Told BY Maker
Stars and Bars Which Win Float Here During
the Week Was Designed and Made by
Oryen Randolph Smith.

privileges. irrespective Of size or puess.
lation- The circle. having neither haaA
nor foot. stood for eternity, and saa1.
ned 'You defend me and IN protect yoa.'
I had the nag all complete In my mind
before the Coofedsrats Congress aAvse.
tised for models. and when the aAvss.
tisement appeared went to my friend,
Miss RebeccA Murphy (she 10 now llts.
W. b. Winborne. Of Wilson. N. C.), and
asked II she would make me q little nag,
I'd tell her how. tore the bars and
cut. the stars and she sewed the stitches
and when finished the little nag was
sent to Montgomery. with the suggestion
that q star be added for each State that
Joined the Confederacy.
'"The nag committee accepted the nag
and named It The Stars and Bars They
also adopted the. suggestion. and 1t was
not long before the nag bore eleven stars
for the eleven Confederate States that
voted for Jefferson Davis to be Presi-
dent.
Made Of Dress Goods.
After the small nag was sent to
Montgomery bought dress goods from
Barrow's store and asked Miss Rebecca
to make me . large nag. . by Il feet for
whether the nag committee accepted my
model or not was determined that one
of my flags should be floating in the
breeze Splicing two tall sapnngs to-
gether, I made pole 100 feet high and
planted 1t on the courthouse square at
Louisburg. N. c. (where I was then Nv
ing), and the nag was sent aloft on Nom
day, March IS, 1861. two months before
North Carolina seeded. Over the nag
was floating a long blue streamer. like
an admiral has on his ship when home
ward bound and on this pennant had
stars for each State that had seeded
and one for North Carolina, for though
my State was still in the Union, knew
she was 'homeward bound
This was the first Confederate flag
ever raised In the Old North State. and
this IL how the Stars and Bars came
into existence. .Dixie's Flag that hoated
over the bravest and hardest to wear out
soldiers ever encountered In any war"
1t Is related that Miss Murphy. who
made the two fiags. married first Dr..
Germain Watson. and secondly. w. B.
winborne. Her sister, Miss Sally Ann.
refused to sew on the flag. sayings she
was '.for the Union and meant to marry
a Yankee officer. and she did marry
James A. Miller. lieutenant. q. g. A. But
while Mr. Smith and Miss Rebecca made
the flags. Miss Sally Ann played on the
piano and sang Dixie" 'Bonny Blue
Flag and other Southern songs.
She is living to-day with her daugh-
ter, Mrs H. T. Webb, in South Tarboro
Street. Wilson. n. c., and has become q
member OF the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy. for Mr.. Smith said he
wanted her to have Q. D. C. badge as
it was The Stars and Bars
Mr. Smith has made Henderson his
home for years, and he il a member Of
the Henry L. Wyatt Camp. U. c. v,
where he is always honored as the man
who designed the Stars and Bars
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

Here 70 the story OF the Stars ana
Bars the Confedsrats nag which this
week viii noat peacefully here In the
shadow Of the StaFs and Stripes. against
which 4 was Haunted in futile enmtfy
throughout the four yeafs that are nov
become ~ . watch in the night. . brief
but sver memorable epoch in the veadins
togsther Of q great people.
The story 10 told by the man who save
the Stars and Basv to the Confederate
states/ Of America, who designed and
made the first banner that was raised
when the United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy gather in the Capital Tuesday.
this man, Orren Randolph Smith, Of
Henderson. N. c., who il eighty.five
years old. too In to come, viii send to
the Daughters by his kins-woman, HrA
Frank Williams. Of Newton, N. c., .
sflk nag exactly like the one be hrst
dung out to the winds.
His daughter. Jeasica r Smith. had
expected 10 bring this banner. but she
win not come. Why she win stay At
home. she tells thus:
Instead Of buying clothes to 20 to the
convention. rye bought the flags-for
Dad gave one to the North Carolina d.
vision at Salisbury last month just like
this"
: But here is orren Randolph Smiths
own story:
Three times have ! been q soldier 1t
my country's call. twice lighting under
the Stars and Stripes and once under
the Star and Bars While with Taylor
south Of the Rio Grande, unit in that
proud army that never let An enemy
touch our nag: in Utah with Albert sgd
ney Johnston. 1sS7-6s. I learned what the
nag meant to the men who were willing
to give their lives for Old Glory every
day and every hour In the day. A SOL
dier's nag must be, his Inspiration. 1t
stands for home. kindred. and country;
It must be something more than a piece
Of bunting or the blending of bright
colors.
New Flag Needed.
When. at Sumter. that shot was fired
that was heard around the world. I
realized that a new country had been
made and that the new nation must have
a new nag. OF the deepest, truest sig
nidcance. to lead the Men in Gray
against the greatest odds and through
the greatest difficulties that any soldiers
have ever overcome since the world was
made. The idea Of my nag took from
the Trinity. Three in One The three
bars were for the church, State, and
press. Red represented State, legislative.
judiciary. and executive: white for
church. Father. Son. and Holy Ghost:
red for press. freedom of speech. freedom
Of conscience and liberty of press-all
bound together by field of blue (the
heavens over alb, bearing a star for
each State in the Confederation.
THE seven white stars, all the same
size. were placed in circle. showing
that each State had equal rights and
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
WHEN ACORNs FALL.

When acorns fall and swallows troop for Eight,
And hope n,aturcd slow mellows to resret.
And autumn pressed by winter for his debt,
Drops leaf On leaf till she be bsggared quite:
Should then the crescent moons unselhah light
Clean up the sky Just the sun doth ST.
Her Frightening ea1e though day and darA have ns,
Prolonss the gloamina and retards the night.
30. fair young life. new risen unto mine
Just Al 1t owns the edict Of decay
And Fancy's FIR should pale and pas Away.
My menaeed glory takes a glow from thine.
And in the Deepening smdown Of my day.
Thou with thy dawn. delayest my decline.
Alfred Austin.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

From the Rochester Herald
The colonel should retire to his closet
and contemplate this sentence once more:
You can fool some Of the people all OF
the time. and all Of the people some OF
the time: but you cannot fool all the
people all Of the time
From ths New York World
We congratulate Col. Roosevelt upon
shaking with his lame arm.
From the PhiladeIphia Presa
The coloners fight on the Republican
party seems to have brought about the
defeat Of Congressman Longworth.
From the Buffalo Express.
We have been to Armageddon. We
have battled for the Lord. He has been
pleased to grant US victory. though not
such a one as We. in our finite wisdom
prayed for. Speaking in less Roosevelt
ian language. the Republican party sac.
rificed itself to save the republic. It was
worth the price.
Frum the Cleveland Plain Dealer
It begins to look as II T. r. told the
truth when he said he'd never accept an.
other term.
From the Boston Transcript.
Socialist Congressman Berger il the
editor Of a paper that claims to have
$500 individual stockholders. His re-
tirement to private life would indicate
that these were not voted en- bloc, or else
that q lar0e proportion are among the
sex that has not yet been invested with
the privilege Of the ballot.
From the Philadesphia Evening Telegraph.
A man Is sobered by the thought that
in the hollow of his hand he holds the
bread and butter of q nation Of workers.
Mr.. Wilson evidently realises this.
Ftuun the Nev Yuk fimes
Senator Dixon. with his prediction of
100000 votes for the Bull Moose. gains
admittance to the rank Of major cleo
ton prophets.
From the New York Tribune.
Well. It. certainly didn't 90 into the
House.
Ftou the Nsw York American.
A Republican Governor in Tennessee
looks something like q brand plucked
from the burning.
Ffum the Hartford Comant.
In this closing year Of his Uafrs 81
term, the people are prosperinE as never
before. and It Ii largely his doing that
they are 30. They have not had Q more
deserving President in generation. The
discredit II thsirs that they ungratefully
refuse him the second term which he
has 20 well earned At their hands; and
the loss viii be theirs.
:
Ftom ths Dstruat journal.
Joseph q. Cannon has been defeated,
but befors he fell he defeated many enc.
mics and quite A. many friends in ar.
fsrent parts Of the country.
Coed Tfalnlng.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
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The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Pluukville Item

Diogenes wombat is greatly interested
in the sufYragist cause. He gets out the
blonde vot0.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
WHAT A CHANGE.

October was a month sublime
Grew finer every day.
And through this pride Of autumn time
We walked Q primrose way.
November hits US with its wrath,
Unloosing storm and flood:
And now We find our primrose path
Is ankle deep with mud.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Strong Man Dying.

Montreal. Nov. 9-Lewis Cyr. for
twenty years champion strong man of
the world. is dying here Of Brights dis
ease and his death is believed near at
hond
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
November 10 In History.

November 10 In History.
November 10. 110. Richard the Lion
Hearted makes a 4O-yard run wearing
suit Of sheet-iron weighing 500 pounds.
A remarkable football feat
November 10. 1888. Mrs. Henry VIII
soaks her husband with a hatiron. Do
nestle discord was not uncommon with
his nibs.
A Safer Game.
"son. why must you play football? You
know it worries your mother"
Dad. a healthy boy has just got to
have some excitement.
II know that. Now you give up foot.
ball and I'll let you enlist in one Of these
nice wars that are going on"
In Modern Novels.
The approved heroine invariably has a
short upper lip.
The War Game.
War is an innocent pastime to-day;
I Football shows more fractured joints.
Most Of the battles are figured, they say,
Merely on possible points.
A sympathetic Boom.
This war in turkey, OF course, aHects
the price of turkeys. and there is
sympathetic movement in kindling wood
and axlegrease. Powder puffs will be
higher. and rockets are going up. 1t is
remarkable, this sympathetic boom in
articles Of entirely dissimilar natures.
A Wider Field.
What has become of that bill collector
you used to have?''
He's not here any more"
Il didn't think you'd ever let him go:
He was too good at getting the coin.
He was good at getting money out OF
people. So good that big college elected
him president"
Facts in the Case.
Tom. Tom. the piper's son. stole pig
and away he run.
At least this report was given out. We
have later informat ton.
He really stcie a thousand pigs. ana
he did not run, as rumored. Instead he
engaged eminent legal talent, who say
they will have no trouble whatever IN
generating this eminent citizen.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
simply Riddled.

i've been in love eleven times"
Cupid must have shot you with ma
chine gun
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
assA rraani.s.

''why do you stand before this window
for hours every day casing at the wax
Aguresf" IS
Il am stsaying 70 BE- concert .inx,r
! an seheelisg myself to facs an andi-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
THE RESULT.

From the Rochester Herald.
The colonel should retire to his closet
and contemplate this sentence once more:
You can fool some Of the people all Of
the time. and all of the people some of
the time: but you cannot fool all the
people all Of the time"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-08
Prizes For Juvenile Farmers.

The creation of a boys and girls
industrial department for the coming
state fair ia arousing much interest.
There will be q class of over sixty
boys and girls at the fair, one boy
and one girl from each county, and
competition for the opportunity to
enter this class promises to be keen.
The competition is open to all between
the ages Of twelve and eighteen. In
Chouteau county the boy who raises
the best twelve potatoes and the girl
who shows the best sewing will be &C.
lected for the trip to Helena, where
these county champions will compete
for state honors.
President Elliott OF the Northern
Pacific railway, has offered to give
med ais to the county champions a
we'll as to the winners of the state
honors at Helena. Other specia,
prizes have already been offered.
The Montana college of Agriculture
and Mechanic arts will provide the
instruction for the classes at Helena
stock judging for the boys and home
science for the girls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-08
Non Coal Land. No. O27O5l.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, May 5, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
AME DEERING,
whose postofice address is Helena, Montana,
has this Sd day Of May. 1912, filed in this office
his application to select under the provisions of
the Act Of July l, 1898, the following described
land: Beginning at the section corner between
sections Is and 10, township 20 north, range IL
east, and sections 10 and "a, township 20 north.
inches, set Is inches in the ground and sur
rounded by q mound of stone; thence north one
quarter mile, thence west three-quarters mile to
corner No. l.; thence north one quarter mile to
corner No. 2; thence west three-quarters mile to
corner No. 81; thence north one-balf mile to cor
ner No. 4; thence west one-half mile to corner
No. B; thence south one-half mile to corner No.
6; thence east one-quarter mile to corner No. I;
thence south one-quarter mile to corner No. 8;
thence east one mile to corner No. l, now known
to lie the NWA sWA, section ID, Nh SEA,
NEA SWA, NWA section IA, township 20 north,
range II east, containing 800 acres, unsurveyed;
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, OF desiring TO object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their afndavits of protest in this Office, on or
before the 18th day Of June, 1915.
L. L. BARNES, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-08
Will Survey Montana Lands.

HELENA, May 1.-Six government
surveying parties will leave Helena
the first OF next week, three more will
leave the week after, and, providing
congress does not become psrsimon-
ious, three more parties will be put in
the field later, making q total of
twelve parties. 1t is estimated that g..
$4,000 acres of public domain In
Montana will be plated this season.
Last year q total of 2, 104, 900 acres
were surveyed.
Two parties will be sent into Valley
county next week, one in the north.
eastern part and the other in the south.
eastern. Another will b. sent into
the northern part of Fergus county;
q fourth into Custer county 10 survey
scattered tracts of land; aud two into
Broadwater county. On. OF the
Broadwater county parties will also
work Ia Meagher county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-08
Non Coal Land. No OF
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falle, Mon.
tana, May 3, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that
JAMES DEERING,
whose postof1ce address Is Helena, Montana, has
this Sd day Of May, 1912, filed in this Office hts
application to select under the provisione of the
Act Of July l, 1898, the following described land:
Beginning at q point which is the section corner
between sections 10 and 10. township 20 north,
range IL east, and sections Is and "a, township 20
north, range II east, which is : granite stone
Surrounded Il By a m mound a' Of stone e;' thence s,osaG north Sah
two miles along the Square Butte Guide meri-
ship 20 north, range IL east, and township 20
north, range II east, to corner No. l thence west
one.half mile to corner No. 2; thence north one
half mile to corner No. 8; thence east one-halt
mile to corner No. d; thence south one-half mile
to corner No. l, now known to be the SEA sec.
tion !, township 20 north. range II east, Montana
meridian, containing 100 acres, unsurveyed
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because OF
the mineral character Of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to applicant, ehould
before the 18th day of June, 1912.
E. l.. BARNES, Register.