Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1921, Page 4

Jisrwich Bulletin qnd g-'id' Subseription price 12c & Week: J0c & meath; $0.09 * resr, Enterec at the Pouof@ies ut Norwi~ Chen., @ ‘wecond-class matier. Telephens Calla, e, 483, Bulletin Job Ofes, Willimantie Office. 23 Church St Teiephone 105. Nerwich, Ssturday, Feb. 13, 1931. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Assoclated Press la -exclusively eatitied 10 the use for republication of all mews: s credited 10 3t wise thls paper and also AL dlghts o repuMication of weclal des- reserved. All patces inrein are also CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING FEB. 5th, 1921 10,956 OUR MURNICIPAL PLANTS. In view of the bill which is before the general assembly increasing the author- ity of the public utilities commission so that it would extend over the municipally owned ag well as the privately owned public utilities, there cannot fail to be a lively interest on the part of the eiti- zens of thig city to understand the op- eration of the bill and to determine Whether there should be local oppbsition to the plan or not. When mumicipal plants are placed on the same basis as the privately owned ones it means that the commission has certain powers of regulation, that condi- tions must be satisfactory to the state body, that publicity must be given to operating conditions and that the public has the right of appeal to the commis- sion for relie? when it is believed injus- tices prevail. In the neighboring state of Massachusetts the municipal as well us the private enterprises are under the sontrol of a commitsion corresponding to the public utilities commission in this state. and it is possible to find out the oonditions of the plants through reports which have te be filed with the commis- sion. By the calling of a special council meeting for the purpose of considering the petition made by the gas and electri- cal eommissioners that he give the com- mission his support in opposing the bill before the legislature, Mayor Lerou has given the peoplé of Norwich an oppor- tunity to be heard upen this important matter, to find out as near as possible what effect it will kave upon our muni- cipally owned plants. whether there would be an advantage for the city to ‘ave such supervision as the state com- nission would give and to decide whether 1t ought {o be opposed or approved. Norwich owns its gas and electric plant und it owns its water system and while it doesn't rest with the meeting of Tuesday night to determine whether the legislat’'on will be passed or not, the op- portunity will be furnished then for Nor- Wich to give expression to its desires, 8nd to deétermine whether something should be done to facilitale the getting 8 information regarding the operations ® the plants of which it is the owner. . NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. From the report which has been made by the naval commitiee of the senate there is no encouragement given to the idea of a naval holiday or to the aban- donment of the construction of capital ships. The report represents as might | be expected the views of the naval board and that by is not inclined to rush| from one pelicy to another but to fol- fow fixed plans having yegard for condi- tions now and such as are likely ‘to de- velop in their opinion considering the ex- periences of the past. 1t is the belief of the committee there- fore that there should be no letup in the tarrying out of ‘our naval policy, that even though there has been strong ad- vecacy of the curtailment in the con- struction of big ships and the devotion of greater attention (o aircraft it would be unwige to make any such radical change.! It consjders that the time has not come when we can afford to abandon the de- pendence upon our capital ships, that surface vessels must be relied upon for some time to come in spite of the prog- ress made in other direction. The situa- tion, therefore, in the opinion of the com- mittee, ig such that we must neither neg- lest _our capital ships nor disregard the additional protection that must come from airplanes and underwater beats. In other words we must be alert to protect “Burselves by providing adequate defensive measures of all types. That is the policy that is advocated in view of present conditions. It is {aken ] : | e g‘ i | i1 | : i L hold a hearing on the matter hasten the matter by ayolding an ime quiry. That, the commission, i denying done. It takes the positien matter must go course, that both sides must upon it and that decisien dered in accord therewith. ing to assume the amthority such a course as the exeeutives and the result is that the be axpected by hawing the. eowmiesion sought putting employes throughout the in their respeetive classes on the basis throughout the country regardless of conditions, will have to remain unt® they are changed in the prescribed way. Thus the decision is in effect upom the rather than upon the merits of the de- sired change. The beard does not say that the ending or medification of the agreements are not justified or unjusti- fled. It hasn’t as yet passed upon that phase of the request but it does hold that under which it will act. / Now it can be expected that the mat. ter will be made the subject of an nves- tigation and the claims of the respective interests given a hearing. It will take more time but it will not be open to the, claim that snap judgment is favoring one side or another or that the board is ex- ceeding its rights by falling to get at the facts in the case, a situation which tee often prevails in many disputes, PROBING BERGPOLL. There will be much satisfaction ever the decision which has been reached by the house military committee at Wash- ington te conduct an investigation that will ge to the bottom of the Bergdoll case and determine where the respomsibitity rests for his being in Germany teday. It hag been adniitted that the ment knew he was there jong before it became publicly known, but less concern than the facts round his getting away from the mili. tary prison. The decision of the com- mittee indicates that it is mot sati isfled with such investigations as have already been made, that it believes there are cumstances comneeted-with it that ought to be disclosed, that charges of corrup- tion in connection with the case ought to be run down and that now is the time to do it. Ever since Bergdoll got out of the mili- tary prison there has been a mystery as to how it was accomplished. This doesn’t mean as to how he actually left the place but who wag responsible for the order directing his release upen amy such story, or for any such, reason, as recover- ing a hidden box of gold somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia. As a draft dodger, ag a prisoner, and as an escaped convict, Bergdoll has command- ed widespread attention, Hg seems to have possessed immunity frem the law on many occasions, and aleng with it all comes the allegation that it was due to corruption, the use of large sums of money, that he wag able to smap his fin- gers at the laws and {o defy the authori- ties. That doesn’t sound or set well. Indi- cations point very strongly to something fishy in connectlon with the stories told about his eseape and those who made it possible appear to have been kept in the background. It is a conditions which ought not to exist. Whether there was corruption or mot it ought to be known and it is the purpese of the committee to bare he facts in~the case by finding| lcan out whether there was corruption and if there was who made it possible. It has taken some time to get at it but the com- mittee seems to be headed in the right direction. i EPITORIAL NOTES. _From rail splitter to the 'Whits house without regard for the possibilities of an wil] never cease to be a popular story international understanding cencerning disarmament, leaving that te be dealt - with when the time comes. It is flatly opposed to the naval holiday idea, where- by naval gonstruction would cease for a certain period and maintains that we must look well fo the protection of eur own interests until such a time comes 2g to make a substitute poasible. When the time comes that there is an interna- for all Americans, [ a—— The verdict of the people of South Af- Tica seems to be to let well enough alene, and for peace rather than stfife. The decrease in the sale of candy be- case of the high price will be further increased mow that Lent is with us. ‘With the Conneeticut onion grewery' tienal understanding regarding navies it|exchange formed there are indications of wili be poseible to view naval comstruc- tien in & different light and it is evi- dent that thefe is no.hing in the naval committee repert that will stand in the a strong tear-pulling orgamization next summer. Germany is trying to make the allles way of a disarmament conference. Ra-|think it will not participate in the rep- ther does the advocacy of holding to {»»|aration conference unless it is permitted somstruction programme urge the holdlug|to run it. of such a conference. e TMPORTING DISEASE, ‘The man on the corner says: Some peo- ple are not even old faghioned enough In connection with the efforts which|' be Willing to accept a little mow in have beeu mado to secure legislation re-|the Winter time . stricting immigration there are those who maintain that no emergency exists and that the excluding uf the allens for 2 period of a year or the holding of the admissions to a certain percentage of those aliens already in the country ought not to be resorted to. However great or'small the opposition may be to the restriction of the fmmi- gration, it cannot fail to be realized that the many cases of typhus fever which are being discovered among Immigrants seek- ing admission disclose a condition which cannot be overlooked. It presents a sit- nMion which cally for not only prompt but effective means of safeguarding this country from the effects of this dread | dinease. Health authorities of the ports of entry are taking measures to prevent these slek with or exposed to the disease from endangering the .people in this country. It calls for ‘reatment of the vieck and quarantine of the others, but with cases being discovered ag new stegmers arrive it indicates not only a bard fight but it raises the question % fo whether immicration eucht pat to Building operations which are heid up until more favorably conditions prevail would do away with a lot of the pres- ent unemployment. \ Progress seems to be made for prehibi- tion in Masschusetts when towns which have been favoring license turn dewm 2.76 per cent. beer. 1t Eurepe got ag much unburnable eoal as New England did, the export trade in that direction will never be in danger of causing a fuel shortage here again. e ki Due recognitiom of eonditions and a de- ire to help overcome i3 indicated ‘when tin minerg in England offer to con- tribute a thousand dollars a month to keep them in operation. With a decline In exports causing a slump in the soft coal market, the expla- nation for the shertage and price in this country when foreign demands were SiZonz anems ta ke furaiched method sought of accomplishing the end|!ad worwICR_SULLETIN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY THE MAN WHO TALKS Ligcola—The 2 it Swee s sv in priat will be Fobruary 12, of the birth of the i il i i L LK i Erp grd i i 5 f i | i is i E for knowledge, or anything else, is oyer- mastering it will call forth one’s latent powers that are equal to the task. When quite young, Lincoin not only had this passion for {~arning, but grew very strong 1 lank, ungainly incarfiation of m-g, generally commented on by all ‘who kmew him. Thus Nature very kind- desire to make the most of yourself? Then go to it with just the equipment you have! You can’t be mors handi- thin Lipcoln was. Write Excel- sior on your banmer and then plunge threugh “smow and ice.” Lineoln—The young lawyer and bud- ding politietan. The preparation he made i kindly disposition made him exceedingly pepuiar. It wouldn’t be bad for young| men ‘today who want to make most of themselves {0 take thelr cue from these aualities. One cannot be pop- ulsr If he is grouchy, and without per- sonal popularity thore is mo chance of in polities. Lincoln made peaple like him and that commanded their votes. ‘Why can't yeu, young man, do the same? Lincoln—A member of the state and foderal legisiatures. It is not my pur- pose to enter the stormy scenes that attended Lincoln’s early political career. The new republican party process of formation. The agitation the slavery question was growing hotter And hotter every year. Euch faction sought pubdlic approval at the polls, and henee many candidates were in the fleid for state and federal offices. At first Lincoln wae quite unsuecessful in his cand! because he was utterly lack- ing in the tactics of the ward peliticians. The good grace with which he submitted to defeat gained friends for him, and when the people saw that great abiii- ty Iay back of this good sportmanship and genfality they gave him their confi- dence. After his first election to the state legisiature of Ilinois his rise in the pelifical world was rapid. Hers again I wonder why more young men do not take their cue from Lincoln. To the writer's mind it is positively alarm- ing how few of vur bright, clean young men take any interest in poHtical life Political life will not be cleansed of ity bad odor until young men of the better sort come to the front. Lincoln—The Debater. It Was as a debater that Lincoln showed the greatest mental endowment. Jeffersen's remark that the man who gut himself on paper against Hamilton gvas a lest -man, ap- plied to Lincoln. His contest with Stephen A. Douglas for a seat in the United States senate was one of the most me- table debates in this, er any otker coun- try. 1 have read the political speeches of Pitt and Fox in the Hall of Westmin- ster, and the great gontest between Web- ster and Cakoun in our own national congress, but for intellectual acumen in the and setting forth of great political ideas this great debate stands pre-eminent. Linceln’s presentation of the constitutionality of slavery in its bearing upon state sev- ereignty was the beginning of the repub- 2 18 a great need of fuller knowledge and more effective as- sertion of the foundation prineiples of our form of government in there days of growing temdemcy to lawlessness and Lineoln—In the White Womse. Many are stiil Hving Whe reme.hber the pres- idential tangle of 1360. On May 18, of that year, the repadlican national con- vention met at Chicago. Uu to the very hour of balloting Seward’s nomfnation seemed assured, but on the third trial the honor fell to Lineem with a substantial majerity, having ss conpetitors besides Seward, such men as Chase and Cam- eron. That year the democratic party was badly breken up over tne guestion of slavery. The regular nomince was Lincoln's old opponent, Stephen A. Doug- | 57" fes; the seceders. nominated Brecken: ridge, and the “extremists” Bell Electfon day was November 6. far the Jargest vote ever case in the Union was given. Lineoln did net.come out of the turmoll with a clear majority. but the elestoral vote gave him 130 o the combined 114 against him. It was very fortunate that a strong man had been called to the helm. 'The band of traitors with Buchanan as their tool had Jeft the treasury empty and the arsemals piliag- ed. No pregident ever began his du- ties under moYe unfavorable auspices. The south hated him. the north looked upen him ss a risky periment, and Grest Britain threw the weight of her influence on the side of the grumbling and seceding =outh. Lipeoln—The Great Emsacipstor, of Lincoln's first acts showed two thinge 1—That Ged :—'mcnn‘:-n g called the ot yiteead g 1 g kil 1860, when by Lar . A VISIT TO LINCOLN IN WARTIME Grenville M. Dodge, & :‘m in the Civil engineer during the of the Union Pacific rail- wrote for private eirculation & of 1. reminiscences of Lin- Sberman, each of whom last two intimately. In ral Dodge recounts a num- anecotes of Lincoln not generally e paid to President at a time| was greatly of the Union pecelving g0 many D‘l‘l‘rfl‘"r- of the o writes: at. Washington and ite house to call on Pres- met Senator Harlan of anteroom, and he took me president. It happened to when the president was 4 in.the antechamber i 31} J Tet fe | i Y gs g2 i H H £ £ I v, ! g S H g 4 H 3 L] I sat his kindly way To an outsider it would they all got what they wanted, ay happy. < time and felt my time with him, stepped up and said that I had merely my réspects and that I had no and § would say goodby. President Lincoln turned to me and said: ‘if you have the time I wish you would wait. I want to talk with you.’ i1 down and be- about my visit to the Army of the,Potomac and what I saw, He did not say a single word about my own command or about the west, show- ing his whole interest was in the Army of the Potomac. While we were sitting there talking we were called to lunch. “During the mea] he talked about the tomac and about Grant up to the place where he estion of what I thought I thoyght about — e question we got 1 answered: ‘Mr. | we western men | g 2 H g Ei i i i i F i tf 3 £ g & 3% i 3] th 12, 1921 Grant. I have no doubt whatever tHat in this next campaign he will defeat Lee. How or when he is to do it I cannot tell, but I am sure of it “He shook my hand in both of his and very solemnly said, ‘You don’t know how glad I am to hear you say that’ reading Welles' celebrated diary, show- ing that Lincoln had no person around him o advise §im; that everything he did was from his own thoughts end de- cision. It is a wonder to me that he ever got through the war so successfully. I did not know then that Lincoin’s table was piled with letters demanding the love which tLose who knew her have al- ways assoclated with her gentle person- al : From- stil] another ‘part of the “town Mrs. A. R. Race hag left ‘us. Mes. Race Was a ysunger woman, in the .full tide - and vigcr of middje life and had not the leisure for her friends that. Mra. Kingsley and Mrs. Smitl had $o abund- antly earred. But those who knew her best. realized to the full the strength and beauty and loving kindness of her fla- ture. She has left a hushand, and two deughters, for whom is feit most loving sympatay. So, jittle by little, the old Wesl Farms of Norwich is losing its old and beloved inhabitants. The mantle of the older ones is falling upon the shoulders of a new gendration and the graces and virtaes { which adorned their lives may well serve change of Grant, declaring that his 0am-|,q gy incentive to those who must fill paign was a failurc and wanting to have | enelr places. a different commander sent, ete. “When 1 was ready to leave I thanked President Lincoln for what he had done for me and asked if there was anything I could do for him. He sald, ‘If you don’t care I would like to have you take my respects to your army.’ P e R R SAYINGS ‘BY LINCOLN —-— NflmDMflme!n‘ another man without the other'’s con- sent. ‘When the white man governs him- self, that s self government, but wheu he governs himself and also -govern: another men, that is more than scif government—that is despotism. This government cannot endure per- manently half slave and half free. I have alwuys thought that all men should be free, but if any should be slaves it ‘should be first, those who desire it for themselves and, secondly, those who desire it for others. Let us have faith that right n‘akes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it. Public gentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it rothing can succeed. Con- sequently he whe molds public senti- timent goes deeper than he who en- acts statutes or pronounces decisions He niakes statutes and decisions pos- sible or impossibie to be executed Our fathers brought forth a mation concefved in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are ere- ated equal. 1f there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, 1 do mot agree with them. Tt there be those who would not saye the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. Freatest conidence in Genera | Aommmm— " ‘Phe great som! that dares fo rebuke Injustice takes wn hands. Martyrdom men have had to pay to make the wor!d heiter, iterity has already answered that cowardly bullet by proclaiming Abrakam Lincoln the greatest man of the n‘ne- teenth century, and generations yet un- born will yet rise up to call him blessed. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Putting Our Light Plant Under Public Utlitles Commission. Mr. Editor: It is the duty of every tax paying citizen of Norwich to attend the council meeting ealled for Tuesday night the couneil chamber where it will be fore the public whether or not we to ask the representatives of this dis- to oppose or approve the bill which pending. in the = legislature this {0 .place the municipal gas and plants under the jurisdiction of utilities commission of the Connecticut. If this bill is passed, it will mean that our gas and electric plants will be put on the same footing as privately owned utilities. This meang that if the citizens have any com- plaints in regard to service or rates, they have the privilege of presenting same to the public utflities commission of the state of Connecticut, and having a hear- ing granted them. If municipa]l owned plants are placed under the jurisdiction of the public utili- ties commission, the plants, equipment, lnes and so forth will- be inspected pe- riodically to see if there is any danger- ous condition existing ,and if so they must be rectified at once, thereby reliev- ing ‘the eity of the likelihood of suits for negligence. H It will alse allow the citizens of Nor- . wich at jeast once a year, {o know the exact fingmeial positién of these depart- ments (which they have a right to know) for the utilities under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission must make 2 report at least once a year, showing the income and the expenditures of that de- ‘With reports of all companies in the state being in the same form, op- portunity for cemparison will be easy. If you are interested in the welfare of the eity of Norwich it is your duty to attend this meeting. CITIZEN OF NORWICH. ,Norwich, Feb, 11, 1921. it ?ig 3 i i g Our Gag and Electric Plant. Mr. Editor: There has been introduced into the lature a bill which, if pass- ed, will bring our local gas and electric plant under -the supervision of the pub- lic utilities commission. Privately owned gas and electric enterprises are subject to the regulations of the public utilities commissien ; why not municipally owned plants of this kind as well? ‘Whoever introduced this bill has cer- tainly introduced a bill which should be of advantage 1o the city of Norwich and | to the peaple of the eity generally. It is a very good idéa and should result in t good to Norwich, if passed, but it will not be passed unless the citizens of Norwich show some interest in the mat- 300 per cent. since 1916, \ In the city of New York the rate has been increased from 80c to $1.00 per thousand feet for gas, and pending a de- cision of the supreme cou’t the company has to give its customer a rebate check | worth 20c on each dollar paid. Boston has 75c gas. The unit measure for fizing the priee throughout th- country is 1000 feet. In Norwich under the new rate thi unit is 100 feet. The new rate for the first 1,000 feet makes an increase from $1.50 to $2.70 per, trousand. Some raise! CITIZEN. Norwich, Fab, 11, 1921, — Norwich Amateurs, Mr. Editor: As an observer of the best amateur . entertainment ever given in Norwich, amd of which Norwioh can justly be proud, it seems only.rizht that some expression of appreciation, and gratitude should be made through the daily news. sional work, yes much better tham some professional work seen by myself, and many others. “Everybody liked it” wag the general statement. Norwich has discovered considerable talent heretofore hidden, and that talent has shown effi- ciency of note as portrayed Monday last in the musical revue, Oh! Oh! Cindy! The leading lady, Cindy, did splendid work, especially in the clfmax and had no small tagk, as did also her opnosite, or lead- ing man Steve. His singing was fine. Second to none was the versatility of Goldie, Cindy’s chum, who always seems well fitted for whatever role she hag to do vivacious and pleasing. Le Crier also did_her work with much charm. Due credit should be given to each and all as each excelled it seemed as one after janother appeared, in his or her part. As Mr. Werrenwrath once sang in one of his concerts, “I love every ome of you best of all,” it really seemed just that way with each and all of the participants in Cindy. The Fireflies were a dream, little trifles they seemed in filmy red, do- ing artistic work. The Tickletoe group were very graceful in their dances. The Big Four were especially attractive both in action and beautjful gowns. The God-Mother, (male, in female at- tire) was, quite novel, and th= role was exceptionally well performed and caused uch merriment. Extremely pretty were the Harlequins in their fascinatng cos- tumes and dance. The eoloists came in for a large share of appra-iation, es- peeially sweet was the solo. Poor Butter- fiy making an attractive pizture.as lead- er of the Orfentals. Tne chorus girls, aviators, canninals, cortume. Robinvon Crusoc's work in- civding singing, was very zo0l ~nd last but not least, was some excelleat wosk performed by Lilly White, Cindy's colored maid, Miss White and her lovers inciu- sive. The orchestra for this occasion iwere well known artists and was excellent, and the capacity house of each ren proved the appreciation of the Nor Deope in things progressive. May they continue. OBSERVER. Norwich, Feb. 11, 1912. 1 understand that this matter is to come before the city council next Tues- day as to the approval of this measure before the legislature. It seems to me that the qitizens of Norwich are, or should be, greatly interested in this mat- ter. If they are satisfied to pay the present prices for gas and electricity, then it is up to them to stay away from that mesting; but if they are interested in bettering our plant and gelting some enlightenment on the gubject, and hay- ing it subject to the serutiny of the pub- lle utilities commission, then they should certajnly appear at the eouncil meeting and show their interest in the matter. ‘We are in Norwich today paying more for gas than any city in the state of Connectieut. $1.75 per thousand is the highest paid by any eity in this state. The wnit of measure fixed by the public utitities commission is 1000 cubic feet, but we are taxed at the rate of $1.00 per hundred for the first hundred cubic feet, the highest I belleve in the country. that rate continued that mazes the first thousand feet at the rate of $10 per thou- sand. That is something to think about. Very few people have given it much thought for the figures and prices are so complieated that il would take a Philadel- phia lawyer to understand and explain them. . ‘The actnal cost of gas, as it really fig- ures out, amounts to this: The first 100 cuble feet eosts $1.00, and from this there is no rebate mo matter how much you take; that must not be forgotten. ‘The mext 200 feet cost $1,20, and so on up 500 which eost $1.80, and 1000 cublc cost $2.79. Thig is the way the fig- werk out, $2.70 for gas per thous- That is seme price! meter charge for both gag and beex ingcreased from 50c $1 making an ingrease of Tribute to Three Franklin Women, Mr. Editor: The little town of Franklin is made up, owing (o its physical config- uration, of a number of little neighbor- | hoodswhat—what in England are “hamlets”—and the residents of lese individual coiamunities, while not often visiting or seeing one another, have a great boud of ‘unity in their affection and loyalty for tiie one common church there, and are {i' a way ome large family. At times of general interest, such as Me- morial day, the graduating exercises, the grange meetings, the people from these scattered. groups of homes gather to- gether, and keep bright and glowing the friendship which lies in their hearta. ‘When death invades one of these neigh- borhoods it is a grief to al!,-and when, as has so lately happened, families in three different parts of the town are called upon ‘to mourn, tife sense of loss to these friends who remain is moat acute, - Mrs. Themas Kingsley, the last of the three to depart this life, lived to the ad- vanced age of ninety-five, Her interest and sympathy with all her friends was keen almost to the last. For years she had welcomed her friends on her birth- iay, and at the annual missionary gar- 430 party given by her daughter she was & most -cordial ~and graceful hostess, ‘Those who have been privileged to attend ‘hese delightful reunions will feel a blank ndeed. In another part of the tewn Mrs. Wil- dam C. Smith, the wifé of the senior dea- ton of the church, has also passed away ot the age of eighty-seven, This house, too, was one of abounding hospitality. The {liness which would have given most people abundant excuse for ceseation of activities wis never allowred to prevent her from all these werks of mercy and ¥ guomes and messengers cama in for al good share of credit both n aetion and | & ° L C W Sunday Morning Talk . WHAT CHRISTIANITY MEANS TO WoEBLD * When the microscopic search of skep- ticism, whieh has hunted the hesvens and souuded the seas to disprove the ex- istence of A Creator has turned fts at-| tention to human society, and has found a place in this planet where a man can live in drceney, comfert and security supportinf and educating his chiidren unspolled and unpoliuted, a place where omanhood honored and human life he'd in due regard when skeptics can find a place ten miles square Im this g ! uen — e~y Al TheStandar P anfia arudc — e ey - e INCOME TAX ¥4 { ¥ 8t where the Gospel cf Christ has not gone |a i and cleared the way, and laid the foun- | dation, and made the decency and secur- ity possible, it will then be in order for the skeptical literalists move thither and ventilate ther vk But religion they discord for. ever: they enjoy, they may as we a little longer before they seek huma: of its feith in that Saviour Who alone has given to man that hope of 'ifs elernal which makes this life tok 3 and soclkety possble, wheh robs death | of its terrors and the grave of its gloom, | ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN EI HISTORY ! | e ——c———— ‘A SOUTH CAROLINIAN IN THE LON- |, DON TOWER. In the summer of that dai morable year for Amefica, 1780, when {the patriots were ‘groping about in an {uncertain way as to the future | country, Henry Laurens, of {olina, ‘ex-president of th. Congress, was commissioned ¢ jto proceed to Holland and ..deavor to borrow money there, or anywhere in E rope, on account of the United St A packet belonging to congress w Philadelphia, the Mereury, general impatience for she Laurens hurriedly with the expectations of being att on his voyage by a sloop-of-war at icast, ag the banks of Newfouw ‘ Mr. Laureng was, at the ti lof age. When the Mereury was w {derway, and without the e: on the morning of September 3 ish man-of-war, the Vestal, Sou was bearing down upon the lone vessel, and before noon the Mercury was fired upon and forced to surrender, Whe seen n Laurens fouiid that escape was 1 Imp ble, he hastily burned or threw overboard all his most, valuable doc ments. One of the. pagkages the Brit- ish sailors fished out of the water, and unfortunately it contained a copy of the original paper that had been drafted by Vanberkel, the Dutch minister, and W liam Lee, of Virginia, setting out the pos- sible form for a treaty between the Dutch provinces and the United States, when the independence of the Iatter should be established. The finding of this against the Dutch. Laurens was taken charge of Capt. Keffel rived in London, he was admiralty office and from there was sent under a strong guard to Scotland Yard, {and was placed in small chamber. The following day he was examincd before iLord Hillsborough and other _notables. iLord Stormont conducted the examina- to - England n they ar- Mr. Latrens that he was to be conducted thigh treason.” Mr. Laurens was confined in the most conspicuous part of the Tower and the ikeeper was directed that he should not jallow the prisi jwith any one, and that he should n jaliowed to write or receive {, One of the curious featu {tion with his imprisonment in th {was that Mr. Lo | pay «rent for his tw {his owh food, fuel, tw the situation {ever I caught a cage and v ¥ Friends tricd their utmost to obtain the release of Mr. Laurens. and upon one occasion he was told & if he would “write two or three s'to the mipis- ters,” and barely say he was “sorry for what is past, a pardon would be grint- ed” But the respon m er was quick and de tive. A full year rolled around and still Mr. Laureng occupied the little rooms in the Tower. On the 8th of Octot was brought to him tha hearty laughter. Tk man to coilect the wardens for one y the prisore thefr Jordshiy when due, to pay his own . not pay the ‘ward employed glad to Finally the news came to London of the surrender of Lord Cornwallls. M aware of the anxi I beddihg beca and candles. om he had never ty of the m Y ret rid of hh dilemma wag the fon as to in the severity of treatr lease of Mr. Laur |across the Atlant y rens was the cuctodian of Cornw a, and thet his treatme ed nobleman Was exact! Then news fiashe: hat the =on of lin the Tower. From that hour severities were trane- ! formed into eivilitics, and onthe last 4 'of December, 1731 irens wa3 taken {from the Tower and was {free. Instead of beinz brous |the Duke of Richmond fent for him a discuesed divers plens for coming to a fright understanding with the TUnited Stotes. When the tiding of Mr. Laurens' re- lease reached America, congress at onee placed him on the peace comm! a ihe was with his\colleagues in Paris w {the preliminary treaty was concluded. | (Monday—The United States Mall Ser- vice.) MUSICAL DIEECTOE FOR | CHAUTAUUA IASTITUTE New York Feb. 11.—Professor H. Au- gustine Smith of Beston University bas accepteq appointment as musical director of chautauqua instituion for the coming summer, it was announced today, nationally known as a musical e pageant author, and directed the m: last year at the world's Sunday school convention in Tokio, Japan. tor, Bristol.—City officials and others who have looked over the dumage-done to the block at No. 207 North Main street Tues- day night were unanifious in the opinion ) that the fire department fiad dome a good :,;Q{,?n piece of work. rk and m&l |paper wag subsequently made the basis | | by Great Britain for a declaration of war | ? 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