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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
OUT OF DOORS

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-lt was with feeling of the deenest ro
sret ana pam that we read an article in your
paper advocating the opening of Wissahickon
arNe u 70 the automobilists. For years we have
oeen gained by walks along that beautiful path
tree from the noise and dust and constant
watching that Is necessary on almost all other
roads near the city. The carriages with tboir
me teams and coachmen only seemed an added
attraction, Many times visitors have been taFen
alons the stream and, without exception have
praised the quiet lovellness and charm Of tbs
place And we always walked We win be,o
70 torego all that pleasure If the road Is onensd
ana we can get there with so little expense
And the owners of the autos have % @ ise,
pbiIa5eiphts A,,g 20 open II! h. s,
lThe article in question contained No ed,,,.,.,
advocacy OF opening the forbidden road" -
automooiists' but was report of an enterprto W
umueItahen 70 secure that result.-Tha L.ditnr y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
Coal and Prosperity

GOAL production is barometer Of indus
- trial prosperity for the mines are per
mitted 70 yield only about what the country
can consume each year, This state minad in
1913 more anthracite than in any previous
year N lts history and the country absorbed
= n 1914, the nguFes for which have lust
been compiled by the United States Geoloei-
eal Survey the State mined si09O.oo0 long
tons On a little less than the year before.
The average production from 1857 10 1870
eas only lfe7f,o0Q tons or about one-nfth as
naeA last year The average Increased to
asaoooo tons IN the ten years from 1870 10
1850 and from 1850 10 1880 IL expanded 20 "a
$4,000 tens. IA the next I'VE years Il in
efeasfd about li.ooo.ooa tons. then II GAINED
saeh year fill It reached s024200o tons IN 1907
Hhe nexf year i fell 10 s6al0000 tons. This
- tie year of the great strike The year
afesa i eapea . es.ooooeo tons. ana has not
fllsn below 100000 tons IN amy year since
when THIS expansion a the demand for
anthracite 8 puf aleneside of tie growth
q 1as aHsaetiaa q 1ltamlnoas eaal one
sa g las industrial expaaalqn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

during one of her annual visits to Atlantic CITY
Just before his death Doctor Reed presented
1t to his friend, Alfred M. Heston, City Treas
urer and historian of Atlantic City, who refers
to 1t in the second volume of his annals and
describes the circumstances under which the
letter written.
On Lincoln's birthday, 1918, Mr.. Heston pre-
sented the letter to the Atlantic City Public
Library, Of which he was a trustee for a num-
ber of years. 1t may be seen, neatly framed
any day in one of the cases of the library mu-
scum.
At the time Mr. Heston presented this inter
esting Lincoln relic to the public library the
daily papers of Atlantic City, the Press, Review
ond Union, published the letter in full, which
fact disproves the statement that 1t is "just
published and Is quoted for the first time
by General Dodge in his Personal Recollections,
issued for private circulation"
LEDGER READER.
Atlantic City, August 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

of tho United states IN the decade ending
with 1870 the average consumption Of soft
coal was 10, 100000 tons year. 1t has now
reached the enormous amount Of between
S5OOOO.OOO and 4Oo,OOO.OoO tons The popnla
tion has increased about two and one-half
times in the past IS years, the anthracite
consumption has increased more than i've
times and the consumption Of bituminous
coal more than IS times. Is 1t surprising
that the consumers want to have the coal
frclRhts reduced2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
A LINCOLN LETTER

sir-under the heading Of ..Iinoo,-.-
Tious T' views you publish letter gritts," -,
Lincoln setting forth his religions 'ten ba,i py
spsst s is.leF "s Just published is OF special in
aou add II was written to prominsat man man
@ @heI MIA = Gurney. and is quoted for ~, 9la :
m sline ny Major General Grenville NJ Doaal lFst 81
circulation Aea Tor private
,-il,., - statement Is In need Of correction nh
sat 9ttsins ~ CODY OF this letter was owned - ths
1sssv 80 a0,sas = Reed Of Atlantic cltg vbe
stzssa part Of each year al her eeata ens
lssfs- assaas. below Pacific avenue P5s -
'ss's. vas written 70 Mra Gurnay b T4.eaa..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
HORACE GREELEY SAID 1T

To the Editor of the EueHing Ledger:
Sr-I believe it was Horace Greeley who first
said that THE way to resume is to resume
though John Sherman may have recognized it
as good thing and appropriated 1t as his own.
Two or three years ago l had a dispute over
this saying and traced it to James Ford
Rhodes History of the United States, where l
found 1t credited to Greeley. Mr.. Rhodes is a
patient investigator and l am willing to accept
his authority fer it, He doubtless could cite
the date of the New York Tribune in which
lhe Famous saying first appeared. S. c. b.
Lansdowne, August 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
Ending a Chapter

IITlLLIAM W. RUSSELL succeeds James
w NJ, Sullivan Minister to santo Do
mingo Not so very long ago James NJ sui
Ivan succeeded William w. Russell as Min
lister to santo Domingo. So the diplomatic
musical comedy seems to have come full
circle
air Russell is deserving diplomat'' Mr..
Sullivan was one Of William J. Rryans de
serving Democrats" That is all the differ
enee. and that with the decline Of Mr.. Bryan.
is enough
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
Preparing TO End the Chinese Fnrce

TNHERE college presidents and college
L presidents, One of them, now al the head
of the Government in Washington set out
some time ago TO establish constitutional
government in Mexico, based on the theory
and practice Of an enlightened and educated
people Another Of them, who has been legal
adviser to the new Chinese Republic, Is cred
tied with advising Yuan shi-kai to set up a
monarchy in China on the ground that the
monarchical form of government is better
suited than the republican form to condi-
tions in the great Asatic nation.
Presdent-elect Goodnow, of Johns Hop
kins, Is evidently man who cares little for
forms so long as results can be accom-
plished He doubtless knows as well as
Yuan Shi-kai that China is no more a repub-
lie now than when the Manchus were reign
ing in the sacred city The country is gov
erned under a dictatorship although the die
tator is called the President of the new Re
public China needs strong man even more
than such man is needed in Mexico and
In the course of a century or so it may be
far enough advanced to govern itself under
democratic forms. So let us congratulate
Mr. Goodnow on his unwillingness to put
theory before his eyes in order that he may
not see a very evident condition.
It has been a great year for crabs in the
Dardanelles.
"Chin-chin" Back Again.-H Headline But
where is Mr. Bryan hiding2
Cotton may go on the coutraband list
What viii sister Susie sew with?
Peace is unpopular among carranza's
generals 1t means going back TO work,
English pound drops to S4.64. At that a few
hundred thousand wouldn't be unacceptable
to some Of us.
The Persian rug under the Liberty Bell
may be 400 years old, but Persian liberty is
not yet born.
The way 10 get free transfers is to push
the building of the new rapid transit sub.
way on Broad street.
The Public Service Commission has made
the startling ruling that the hrst business Of
a railroad is public service
Jokes on marriage are an rightl only
nine out Of ten men would never recognize
them as approaching the truth.
Neither the wan nor the wet summer inter.
fefes with the business Of Elkton, BID Four
teen couples we're married there yesterday.
II the Gloucester boathouses are nat
cleaned ep the Gloucester Board 81 Heath
wishes it e he undefateoa they vii be
e.eaaea eet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

1t is very much to be hoped that these re-
curing intimations that come from Washing
ton about special session of Congress have no
foundation In faCt-petroit Free Press.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

The Government says that we are going TO
have the greatest wheat crop that ever hap
pened' and everybody knows that there Is go
News
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

Not a citizen who owes allegiance to the
United States will fail to appreciate the inn
tect and to defend to the utmost its rights to
the freedom Of the seas. The whole future OF
the republic depends upon our Governments
ENQUIRER,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

politicians are about the same the world
over" says Lord Northcffe America will be
relieved to hear it,-Cleveand Plain Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
PARADOXEs

We are ashamed TO spring this tale,
And yet we hate to duck II;
fellow gets a little pale
Before he kicks the bucket.
Cincinnati Enquirer
This story, too so gray with age,
Your risibles may vex:
man gets nothing when at last
He passes In his checks
-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
we might get fined for pulling this.
But still we'd like to note
How sheepish even wise guys are
When some one gets their goat!
Spokane Spokesman Review.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

Former Senator Burton, of Ohio, one of the
strongest men in the Republican party today,
Is In agreement with economists and students
OF conditions in the prediction that after the
war the country will have to face the keenest
competition 1t has ever known, and he believes,
with the Tribune, that this neeesstates thor
ough revision of our present tariff not on DEM
ocretic lines of revenue, but on Republican
lines of proteetion,-Chi Tribune
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
Farming in Tennessee

After the war the young cavalryman re-
turned to eastern Tennessee to find the old
homestead devastated, He rented a small
farm and worked it for three years, support
ing his mother and the other 10 children
Finally he borrowed from Alexander H. Ste
phens the money to go to college and in 1867
entered the University of Georgia from
which he was graduated with highest honors
He then taught school in Sparta, Ga, but
soon entered the law office of Judge Linton
Stephens in that town. While studying law
he edited a local newspaper. In 1872 he was
admitted TO the bar, and In the same year
formed a law partnership with Walter r.
Hin and opened offices in Macon, The part
nership continued for 27 years, Hill then
withdrawing to become chancellor of the Uni
versty Of Georgia.
Harris early became a political figure OF
prominence in the State serving several
terms in each branch Of the Georgia Legsla-
ture and holding high place ir the councils
of the Democratic party On various issues
he stumped the state with hre and vigor
which he still retains. BY appointment Of
Governor Brown he served a short time as
Judge Of the Superior Court, reslgning In
1912. In the primary campaign last fall he
received 10000 votes to $4,000 for his nearest
competitor and 10000 for the third man
IN the course Of the campaign Major Whit
man. adjutant of the regiment In which Judge
Harris fought in the Civil War. wrote to the
candidate letter IN which he said; You
may tell your old comrades who have so
faithfully stood by you in the race that as
adiutant Of my regiment will say you were
a brave, honorable and trusted soldier OF my
regiment, and ] don't think they have made
any mistake in promoting you TO the honor
able position OF Governor"
Governor Harris is married and has five
children. He is a member Of the Methodist
Church and has been active in religious work
In Masonry he is a femplar and a shrlner.
Georgia's faith In him was shown by his
election TO the Goyernorshlp. It Is now up
TO him e keep that faith
NOT aHoW FAR" BUT H0W LONG,
Il Is only 1900 miles 70 New York shouts an
a.a--al aLnn-aL -aLo-- II ~. - l.-------a u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

In remaining a Progressive with such per-
sistence Colonel Roosevelt becomes a stand
patter-Chicago News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Mexico may as well make up it's mind at last
to a policy of preparedness for peace-Wash-
ington Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR
is GOOD FIGHTER
Nathaniel T.. Harris, Veteran of the
Civil War and of Many Political
Campaigns, Faces Both Duty
and an Opportunity
BY ELLIS RANDALL

! n1HEY have murdered Leo Frank. They
! i have spilled blood on the good name oi
! Georgia They have shaken their criminal
fists in the face of civilization There Is no
sign OF iubilation in Georgia, so it is told
There is no sign Of iubiation in heaven or
earth "All hell shall stir for this"
It Is strange that the Governor Of Georgia
can find words in which to express his horror
and grief Indeed, It is probable that his
comment on the outrage falls far short OF
his feeling. Even II a sense Of official duty
did not compel him to take personal charge
Of the shcriff's posse, and volunteer bands
organized to catch the lynchers. a man III
the position In which the Governor of Geor-
gla finds himself could hardly refrain from
going out and taking an active part There
arc tasks which personal feeling makes 1t
impossible to delegate to others, and the man
who is Governor OF Georgia faces such
task The least part OF it, however, is the
capturing of the criminals
1t is gratifying thought that IT, as ex-
Governor slaton declared on his departure
from the state for a trip to New York and
the Panama fair the people OF Georgia as a
whole were back OF him in bis action in COM
muting the death sentence of Leo Frank they
arc behind Governor Harris in whatever
action it may be necessary to take, not only
to bring the murdercrs Of Leo Frank to trial
and punishment, but to deal adequately with
the conditions which lie behind the several
successive incidents which have disgraced the
state from the beginning to the end Of the |
tragic story
Nathaniel Il. Harris won his nomination to |
the highest office in the gift Of hts fellow
citizens by his record as a war fighter. That
ne is still fighter is proved by his vcto-
'ious campaign There is evidently hard
light before him. If he lives up to his record
,is term of office will mean a good deal in
he history Of Georgia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

Jokes on marrlage are all right only
nine out Of ten men would never recognize
them as approaching the truth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

Neither the war nor the wet summer inter.
tefss with the business Of Elkton. Sd Four
teen eounle. were married there yealaraaN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

The Public Service Commission has made
the startling ruling that the frst business Of
a railroad is public service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

II the Gloucester boathouses are not
cleaned np. the Gloucester Board of Health
wishes i e be undefateed they Bil ba
elzaued oat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

The way to get free transfers is to push
the building Of the new rapid transit sub
way on Broad street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

He was born 50 years ago in a little town
in eastern Tennessee. His father a minister
and physician. was an ardent secessonst,
and CanvaSsed the eastern part Of the State
In Joint debate with Andrew Johnson when
Tennessee left the Union. He raised several
Confederate regiments and became chief sur
gcon Of the Goth Tennessee Infantry. A rela.
tive the famous war Governor Isham c.
Harris Nathaniel Harris was the youngest
of II children. He attended the common
schools Of the nei2hborhood and was grad
uated from the old Martin Academy, in
Jonesboro.
When the war came on he enlisted in the
Confederate army, joining Blairs company
of infantry This was January, 1862, before
he was l6 years Of age The company was
commanded by Alexander Blair, Presbyte-
rIan minister, and was raised in the counties
of Washington and Knox in East Tennessee
1t acted as the bodyguard for General E.
Kirby Smith, the department commander,
until it was organized into regiment. Dur
ing this time it was called the Kirby Smith
rifles and saw its first service in the sum
mer of 1862 at Chattanooga, Tenn, when the
Federal General Negley invested that city.
Afterward the company became part of the
63d Tennessee infantry regiment, as Com
command to the end Of the war, serving most
Of the time, after the battle of Chckamau-
ga, in eastern Virginia. under General Lee
In the fall of 1862 Private Harris was de-
tached from the regiment and ordered to re-
port for duty at the department headquar-
ters. He served for a time ON General Will
lam 70. Jones staff, and afterward was as
signed to duty in the 10Th Virginia regiment
of cavalry, attached to the Cd corps in the
Army of North Virginia. where he continued
until the surrender of Lee. AS the cavalry
did not surrender at Appomattox he started
over to Johnson's army with about 1900
other homeless cavalrymen and when these
were disbandcd at Charlotte. n. c., on April
23 1867 by President Davis and General
Breckenridge, the then Secretary of War,
he went back home to East Tennessee.
Harris was in II pitched battles and about
so sSirmishes during the war, and was under
fire almost every day during the last months
of the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

The Persian rug under the Liberty Bell
may be 400 years old, but Persian liberty is
not yet born.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

NOT aHoW FAR" BUT chow LONG,
4 Is only seoQ miles to New York shouts an
excited Munich editor If We were Inclined 70
ns sarcastic sc might ask him how TAR he
thinks & Is g fafis.-petroil Free Preaa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

English pound drops to s4s4 At that few
hundred thousand wouldn't be unacceptable
to some OF us
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

1t has been great year for crabs in the
Dardanelles
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

Peace Is unpopular among Carranzas
generals. 1t means going back to work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

"Chin-chin" Back Again.-Headline. But
where is Mr. Bryan hiding?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

Cotton may go on the coutraband list.
What will sister Susie sew with?
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-21

being approximately 94 tols. The gold was shipped in 167 bags, each bag con- taining something over 100 pounds of gold coin. The Parcel Post Law pre- scribes 20 pounds as the weight limit for this zone, but the Government got around this by putting the gold up in 20 pound packages and then putting the packages in the bags, contending that in this way it was shipping 20 pounds at time.
 Unless the Senate refuses to concur with the House i'll passing Chairman Moons railway mail pay rider in the Post Office appropriation bill, the rail- roads, according to Ralph Peters, Presi- dent of the Long Island Railroad and chairman of the Committee on Railway Mail Pay, will be forced to carry the mails for whatever the Postmaster General chooses to pay under penalty of $5, 900 for each refusal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-21
pr. Parker Coming.

The Connecticut Society of Social Hygiene, wishing to enlarge its policy of public education in raising the standard of moral ideals and physcial health, has arranged a series of special lectures which may be given to any or ganization in the state, free of charge. Arrangements are being made by local member of the society to secure Mrs. Edward O. Parker for lecture in Ga naan at an early date in February.
 Mrs. Parker is graduate physician, has acted as probation officer Tn Green wich chairman of Shelter for Moth CTS and Babes; Member of Connecticut Prison Association; lecturer in physi- ology at the Lanier School also for the society of social Hygiene. The story of life; how to tell it to children is one of the group of especially fine lectures given at the senior class at Rosemary Hall, and at Mothers Club etc. There are several members of the social Fly geine Society in Canaan and this step in the right direction should meet with their hearty approval.
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-21
SHIPPING GOLD NEW STYLE
Now Sent by Parcel Post at Great
 Railroad Loss.

Not long ago, through the exigencies of the financial situation, the United States Treasury Department found it necessary to transfer $50, ,000,000 in gold doubles eagles, weighing about 100 tons, from the mint in Philadelphia to New York City. Prior to the Parcel Post Law, this treasure would have been turned over to an express company and the railroad carrying the gold for the express company would have shared in the payment made for the service.
 In this case, taking advantage of the Parcel Post Law, the Treasury officials merely parcelled out the gold into sacks to bring it under the weight limit of the law, paid the ordinary Parcel Post rates and mailed it to New York.
 To carry these 100 tons of gold to New York required four special rail road cars. The gold was sent In three installments on successive days and in each instance, at the request of the postal authorities, the treasure cars had to be detached from the regular trains some miles from their destination and hauled the remainder of the way by special locomotives.
 More than 100 postal clerks and in- spectors went with this gold as guards. For each the railroad carrying the gold was compelled to assume the same liability as for passenger paying full fare. The railroad in this instance got nothing for its treasure trains beyond the regular monthly payment for the routine mail service.
 In all, nearly 200 tons of gold, worth about $99, 900, 900, have been shipped in this manner from Philadelphia to New York since last August. This gold was sent over the railroad in 19, . 800 sacks, each weighing a trifie under 19 pounds and worth 5000 a sack. The postage which the Government shifted from one pocket to the other in these transactions amounted to S4, 554.
 Between Boston and New York the Government in a similar manner not long ago shipped $5,000,00 in gold double eagles, the weight of this gold
Connecticut western news., 1915-01-21
Con-.

Before any man or woman gives name or assistance to the suffrage cause, he or she should stop and reflect that helping the suffrage means helping the socialists. A prominent socialist organ tells its readers plainly that socialism is impossible without woman suffrage. On December 9th the New York Call, the organ of the socialists said: "The fight for woman suffrage Gin New York; is bound to be an exceptionally hard one, but it is a fight which must be won, and on none @oes the responsi- bility for success fall more heavily than upon the socialists. And the time for the socialists to begin this great cam- paign to which they are morally pledged, is now. Socialists, remember that the mobilizing for the woman suffrage fight in New York State takes place today" During the holidays the intercollegiate socialist society met in New York and was entertained by the Alumni Chapter of the Equal Franchise Society. The alliance between the socialists and the suffragists seems to be growing closer and closer.