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NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and The Nashville American, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, fal2. THE GOOD STORY NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and Jnterican PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING BY TH TENNESSEE PUBLISHING COMPANY OFFICE: 160-164 FOURTH N. Entered at the Postottlco at Nashville, as Second-class Mall Matter. iLfected and given a thorough fumigation. Stables should be freed of all filth and screened wherever it Is possible.

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Every neighborhood should institute a cleanlng-up day. Every club should lend a hand. The United States eliminated the mosquito from Panama and abolished the yellow fever and other deadly maladies which were carried by the little pest. It is just as easy for every community to abolish the fly if it will only begin in time and make a systematic campaign. SUBSCRIPTION KATES By Mailt One Year S5.20 Six Months J2.C0 One Year (without Sunday) "'uu Ily CnrrlerBt In Nashville and Surrounding- Towns.

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Texas is now producing $7,000,000 worth of peaches a year most of them red-headed. PACKERS PLAN TO GET EVEN. The instant the packers were acquitted, in their cele Malii publisher. MEMBER OK TOE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1912. CRITICAL ILLNESS OF SENATOR TAYLOR.

All the pooplo ol TenneuBee join each other in a fervent wish that Senator Robert Love Taylor, who la now desperately ill at Washington, may be spared to them, his family, and his country. In this moment of his direst peril, when death hovers over him, it is the hope and the wish of all the people of his native State that it may please Him who does all things well to give the apostle of sunshine avnew lease of life that he may scatter more flowers along the rugged pathway and bring more Joy to the hearts of the people. However much partisans and factionists may have opposed and convbattod him when he was In full vigor and health, now that ho is on the brink of eternity every sword is sheathed and every heart is bowed down. Today the whole of Tennessee iias one grjof and one prayer. Her grief is for the suffering and the dangers of her eloquent son; her prayer is for his rescue and recovery.

May hiB sufferings cease and his dangers paSB, and many more years of usefulness be added to his life. brated trial at Chicago, they set about to regain through an increase of prices the half million dollars they have paid to lawyers during the ten years they have been In litigation with the government. And tho statement is made that the total earnings from the enforced Increase in prices will amount to 5379,750. Though exports havo said the packers are loaded up with meats and lard, sensational advances in prices were made immediately following the acquittal of the' packers. Pork advanced $1.50 per barrel, adding lard, half a cent a pound, adding a half cent a pound on short ribs, adding $125,000 total $379,750.

Tho failure of the government to convict the packers made them bolder than ever, and they forthwith proceeded to assess consumer with the cost of their litigation, which must he paid if the people continue to buy jineat arid lard, for they control the output and fix the prices. The packers were prosecuted under the criminal section of the Sherman-anti-trust law, and it Is disappointing to the defenders of that law that conviction in this case failed, as thqse who closely followed the case express the view that no stronger case could be made out. Since it seems it wa3 not the fault of the evidence, the statute 1b necessarily lacking in some vital -feature. District Attorney Wilkerson says, "All that can be said is that the government believed fully that a case had been established by tho evidence. My belief is not changed by the verdict.

If a conviction cannot be secured on such evidence as this, no amount of evidence can convict under the act. The criminal provision of tho act seems to be without power." In the- face of the backsot the government got in this case President Taft and his cabinet still maintain that the Sherman law Is adequate and that It does not need amending to break up unlawful combinations. Criminal prosecution of the Sugar Trust is now going on In New York, and similar trials of the United Shoe Machinery Company and tho National Cash Register Company are approaching, but those who are conducting tho prosecution seem not to bo greatly disturbed over the fate of the case against tho packers, as they say many of he legal tochnicalities( which clouded the case of the paekerB, will be eliminated from these cases. Whatever may be said in defense of the Sherman law, the astounding fact remains that after having prosecuted the packers for ten years the offenders have been turned loose only to employ their power to oppress that they may profit, the very thing that they have been prosocuted for. It is conceded that crime is personal, yet when it comes to putting these big offenders in jail it can not be done, for their power seems to bo greater than that of the A New York man has been Boloist in the same church choir for sixty-one years.

The hope for universal peace is not forlorn and the millennium must bo somewhere near at hand. PARTY BOSSISM MUST GO. The masses of the Democratic party of the State have joined in -with the Democratic newspapers in a plan that promises to order out of chaos, and.no sort of factional interference will prevent them from doing' what they, havo started on; to do. They have determined that they will not suffer themselves to be driven into cowardly submission by the lash of a factional bull-whip in the hands of a factional boss, and It is gratifying that Democrats of all factions cordially approve the wise course the people have marked out for themselves and their party. No faction, however great, can accomplish anything toward winning a party victory, and It is folly to say that the disintegrating Vertroes faction can accomplish anything but the defeat of the party.

The wavering, doubtful attitude of the orstwhilo advocates and supporters of tho "May-be" primary only emphasize the fact that the "May-bo" will never happen, for its sting is dreaded by all who "know a hawk from a hand-saw." Tho editors' plan, which will supersede all others, provides for doing two things that are of vital interest to the Democrati party, namely: Choostng a harmonious delegation to Baltimore and the election of a new Democratic State Committee to succeed the Vertrees and the Barton commitoes. This plan meets the demands and the conditions. It offers a way for the people to do-what they want to. do it brings the factions together and permits them to act as one party on national issues and mako it possible to have party unity in State matters. It saves the State to the National ticket and makes more certain Democratic victory in the State election.

With tho passing of bossism will come party strength and party triumph the bosses must go that Democratic rule may ensue. "I am entirely opposed to an amendment of the anti-trust law. It is a veritable government asset and Instrument. Tested and brought Into practical and beneficial use by twenty years of litigation and construction oy the highest court, why should we impede its usefulness by experiments?" From President Taft's Comment on United states Supreme Court Decision. The Now York Herald wants to apply the recall to tho baseball umpire.

But the pop bottle is so much handier. THE EDITORS' PLAN FATHER HOCUSED OF WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING. The People Want It Thirty-five more editors have joined In tho new harmony plan and the RIVER SLOWLY RISES STAGE SATISFACTORY Gauge Registers 32.8 Feet Saturday Large Cargo on Nashville for Paducah. number now reaches a total of ninety- five newspapers in tho state which favor harmony. The Memphis Commer Alleged to Have Murdered His Son for Trifle and Buried the Body in Creek.

cial Appeal and Chattanooga Times are strongly pushing the movement. It Is already said assurances suffi cient have been obtained which makes It practically certain that a majority of the Vertrees and Barton committee men will favor the ulan and with this done it will sweep over the state from Bristol to Memphis and the party will be in position to regain all lost ground and restore the democratic party tn power and elect a governor In November and carry the for whoever may be tho nomineo of the party, tt is plain to be seen that the people, tho rank and file, want harmony and It is hard for a few designing' politi Kansas City is reported to consume 200 cars of onions each year. That ought to bo a good fc-r musk and other emphatic perfumes. Tho Morristown Gazette, one of the ptaunchest and most influential of the democratic weeklies of East Tennessee, edited by John E. Helms now almost a veteran in the cause of democracy as well as In the newspaper business like the Chattanooga Times was willing to accept the primary plan adopted by tho regular committee, but finding that It fallci of accomplishing the harmony we aro all striving for, now supports the program adopted by the democratic press at the recent Nashvillo conference.

Tho current issue of the Gazette says: "Well, we must' confess that the harmony meeting at Nashville last week, with the democratic editors at the wheel, looks better than we ex-peetod. There was plenty of steam, but tell us, tell us, is there balm In Gilead?" The balm will follow promptly after the signatures of a majority of the regular committee have been nfflxerl to tho plan of the editors. -Already, wo are Informed, fourteen of the Independent committeemen havo signed the agreement which will place the responsibility for further division absolutely upon the regulars. Genuine harmony i3 now within easy reach. There can be no organized division with the two executive committees agreed upon a joint plan, which, being true, Maj.

Vertrees is loft with no reasonable excuse for holding out. His primary plan is already rendered impossible. Candidates nre not qualifying under it and it will hardly command a corporal's guard at tho polls, because the people arc rapidly coming to understand that selfish Interests nre seeking promotion through the control of, the. regular machinery. The Chattanooga Times, has several times pointed out this selfish interest, and it Is now very nlniniv -and out cians for selfish purposes to thwart their will.

Tho movement is growing every hour and knowing ones predict HON 1 KAY, March .10 Holmes county Is so stirred over the killing of a youth named Spigner near Noma yesterday that Brett Spigner, father of thu boy and alleged murderer, who was arrested lit Geneva, late yesterday, will bo held in the Alabama jail a few (lays for safe keeping. According to information furnished tho authorities by a netrro who claims to have witnessed tho crime, Brett Splg-ner struck his son with such force as to break his neck just because the boy had failed to perform some duty in strict accordance with the father's dictate. The hoy died instantly and the father, willing to bide the crime, burled the body in a branch near the Held in which the two had been working. The negro srys Spinner then discovered him in the woods and threatened to kill him if lie told of the crime. Tim negro, however, reported it to the officers and Spigner was captured by the aid of blood hound p.

Spigner served several months in jnl! three years ago for hitting his sister In the bond with stick. Tho woman vas unconscious for several hours. L. N. FREIGHT RATES With river conditions practically unchanged, the Cumberland is still slowly rising at all points, and latu Saturday the gauge registered 32.S.

According to the forecast Issued oy the weather bureau the stream will change but little below Carthago within the' next twenty-four hours and a probable rise is looked for. stage of tho stream is reported to be very satisfactory -and the steam irs excepting the Richardson nreUn operation. The steamer Nashville left Saturday afternoon for Puduenh with one of the heaviest cargoes of tho season, A huge list of passengers were also aboard and business is reported good at all As soon as 'the river begins 'receding Workhouse Guard Green and his Bung of convicts will begin clearing the mud and debris from thu wharf, but if the sunshiny weather continues ft will not be necessary, as It' will be dried it Is bound to succeed. Newport Times. EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCE '5.

Educational Ideals are somewhat sectional in the United States. The Far East is pitted against tho Middle West and the Far. West, and the South for the most part seems to share the ideals of the great universities and colleges in the newer sections of the United States. In other words, the college faculties of the East, particularly those of the smaller colleges, cling especially to the idea that college courses must be cultural above everything else, and have little patience with the modern idea that technical training can be as cultural as courses in tho classics. President Charles Alexander Richmond of Union College, one of the most conservative of the smaller New York colleges, recently addressed tho alumni of that school in Chicago.

In talking of Western schools he said: The educators of the East always find the educational ideas of tho West interesting, even if not always acceptable. For Instance, some of your Western universities are willing to allow typewriting, domestic science, ceramics, carpentry, or even playing the flute to count as qualifications for college entrance. Most of us in the East would be Inclined to regard this sort of thing with more interest than approval. College education ought to stand for the power and the value of ideas and of spiritual culture. The capacity for abstract thinking is the measure of large efficiency, and this is not produced by typewriting nor, indeed, by any merely technical study.

The educator's remarks were probably not intended to be wholly serious when he discussed college admissions, but they are typical of the far eastern idea about college admissions. A Western educator who is oven better known than Br. Richmond once remarked that applicants for admission to Harvard and Yale had to know more than most of them acquired after they were admitted. That was also a good-natured statement of the case, and was probably prompted by a spirit of jest. Still It contained a grain of There are many groat colleges when it is currently said that any man who can manage to pass the entrance examinations will have no trouble soldiering through and getting a degree.

There shoult be moderation in college entrance requirements. It is undoubtedly necessary to have high standards, but In many schools they are so arbltrhry that they seem ludicrous. After all Is said and done a college merely wants evidence, that applicants for admission have minds sufficiently disciplined to carry on the courses offered- with success. Why shouldn't a young woman who has scientific knowledge of cooking and food values be permitted to offer herself for examination In that subject rather than in chemistry or physics? Stiff entranco requirements are of far less value to students than a strict supervision of their work after they enter. spokenly stressed by the Memphis (jommerciai-Appeai.

The first selfish use our Memphis neighbor points out, was made of the commlttoo In Interstate Commission Appeals From Commerce Court. WASHINGTON, March SO. A reduction in class freight rates between New Orleans, and Montgomery and is involved in an appeal taken today by the interstate commerce commission against tho Louisville Nashville railroad to the supreme court. The commission ordered a reduction of the class freight rates in question and tho commerce court, Judge Mack dissenting, issued an injunction on petltion; op the Louisville Nashville, restraining tho commission from enforcing its order. The commission now carries the case to the supreme court.

Enforcement of the commission's order, it fs averred, would menn a loss to the railroad of 5200,000 a year. mistaken hope of helping the cause 01 l-oi. jonn J. vertrees before the national committee, and the second Is "to keep alive factionalism in the THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Through iho visit of Secretary Knox to Santo Domingo the little Dominican Republic found a place In tho publlo prints in a pleasant connection for the first time in many months. Generally news from Santo Domingo tells of revolutions and strife, of changed cabinets and boundary troubles with Haiti.

But Mr. Knox's visit was at a time when peace apparently reigned, and the little republic did itself proud in honoring the distinguished visitor. Tho Dominican Republic and Haiti, occupying the same Island, are often confused in the public mind, and tho opinion frequently that the former is also a negro republic. But such is not the case. Tho Dominicans are largely Spaniards or persons' of Spanish extraction.

All' told, there are 610,000 persons in the little republic and its capital city, Santo Domingo, which was established in 1496, has a population of about 20,000. Haiti has an estimated population of 2,000,000 and its ca'pltal city, Port au Prince, has 60,000 inhabitants. The island was discovered by Columbus in 1,492 and was col-onized by Spaniards under him in 1493. In the seventeenth century tho French established setlements in tho western part of the island. Late in the eighteenth century Toulssant Louverture seized possession of the entire island and proclaimed its independence in 1801.

In 1844 the Spanish, or eastern end of the island, separated from Haiti and became the Dominican Republic. Just because a breakfast food hasn't been named for Dr. Wiley, the San Antonio Express thinks manufacturers are showing a lack of enterprise. Possibly they thought tho Doctor's name appears bo frequently the news columns that It wonld attract no attention In tho advertising pages. SWAT HIM AGAIN.

Last summer the United States did a pretty good Job of swatting the fly. But the campaign was not started early enough in most places. It is all right to kill the fly after he is hatched, but the best way to avoid the perils which accompany him Is to see to it that conditions are not right for his propagation. Beforn fly time comes every householder should have his premises put in apple pie order. All trash should be cleaned out of bncfc yards and all buildings should be dls- interest of a newspaper," which, the event of harmony, will hnve to travel a rocky road.

Chattanooga Is There Balm in Gilead? Well, we must confess that the harmony meeting at Nashville Inst week, with the democratic editors at the wheel, looks bettor than we expected. There was plenty of steam, but tell us, oh, tell us, is there balm in Gilead? Morristown Gazette. Democrats Want to Win. We publish In this issue of the Leader tho resolutions adopted by the meeting of the democratic editors held in Nashville Friday of Inst week on a call made by Mr. Rob Roy, of the Alexandria.

Times. The resolutions wore afterward indorsed by the democratic conference, called by Judge Estill and others to meet tho same day. Wo see nothing particularly startling or original about the plan. The Leader wants harmony in the democratic ranks and it is not disposed to cavil about the methods by Which thla is to bo reached. If tho plan secures this end, then it is ideal and has our hearty endorsement and support.

The Issues are too large to ho jeopardized by the division an too small to keep the party from being We see it stated that aunajorlty of each of the committees will endorse tho plan, which will it a vitality and force that we believe will bo ir-resistable, If this rumor is well founded, fhe political situation will be In the event Chairman Vertroes is able to hold a majority of his committee in line against it, new complications will result. We are inclined to the opinion that Chairman Vertrees and his committee have the advantago in tactical position. The fact is, the great body of democrats want harmony and union of the democratic forces and are not going to allow technical raions to keep them apart. What does technical advantago amount to if It loses us the state and national elections? Tho opportunity never seemed brighter for the national democracy than now. Are the democrats, over more partisan feeling, going to throw this opportunity to the winds and send the democracy back to tho wilderness for forty more years? Covington Leader.

HONOR HUMAN BENEFACTOR Southern Doctor Discovered Use of Ether as Anesthetic. PHILADELPHIA. March years ago today Dr. Crawford W. Long, a native of Georgia, used ether as ar, anaesthetic in surgery, opening a new era in that profession, and today at 'the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, where it was first used, a bronz-t ablet was unveiled in memory of the event.

Dr. Long was horn in Danielsvllle, in Me was- graduated from Franklin College, now the University ol Georgia, and I hen entered the meilici school of tho University of Pennsylvania. Ho died at Athens, in 1878. HELD TO JUVENILE COURT Clarence Adier, charged with 'ar-ceny, was bound over to I lie juvenile court by Squire Jake Levine Saturday The prosecutor In tho ciis" was A. 13.

Gregorie. It is claimed that the boy stole scrap load from the Head Phosphate Company. The hoy is only 15 years old and was therefore, bound over to tho juvenile court. There was another boy arrested on the same charge but if proved that he was no-the one named in tho warrant and he was' accordingly released. rimes.

Tou will need an Answer Book. It is convenient, neat and will save you time ana money, aee big aa in tomorrow's parer. A SMILE FOR TODAY Qulzzo "I understand that your menu uronson is a vegetarian. Quizzard "Yes. He has such pro nouncetl views on the subject that he married a grass widow." Judge.

RAID AT SOUTHERN TURF Ike Johnson, Malcolm Sweonov, John Lansdown, W. R. Will Jones and John Ma eh, all charged with earning, were arrested Saturday afternoon by Deputy Hines, Tant, Hooper' and Carter, The defendants are out on a $250 bond each and their cases will be heard before Squire It. It. Caldwell next Tuesday at 2 p.

m. The defendants were arrested In a raid made on the Southern Turf by the deputies about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. When the deputies went to the door of the room in which It is claimed, the defendant" were gambling, the door was not opened. The deputies thereupon proceeded to batter the door with a sledge hammer. Finally the dn-fendants opened the door and submitted to arrest.

EXAMINING BOARD An examining board to examine the officers of Company recently mustered In at Franklin. 1ms been named by MARRIED BY JUSTICE John Warden and Mis. Gretta Smith were married by Squire J. L. Weakley at his office Saturday afternoon.

The couple live in this city. Aajutant-uenerai Ainioney ns rouows nni it xt nViiiiine ii- nf th general's department; Major J. H. Samuel of the First Infantry; Capt. John H.

Nolen of the First infantry and Capt. Cincinnati Is agitating a plan to give every mother $1,000 for each child she rears. Must- have been disappointed in the late census reports. Losing hij pajamas up In New York probably-didn't excite Col. Roosevelt half as much as losing North Dakota.

Larkln Smith of the medical corps. Tho MARRIED BY SQUIRE LEVINE W. R. Davis and Miss Stella WhP-aker were married by Squire Jake Levine Saturday. company has.

been designated to take tne place or company recently mus' tered out at Nashville.