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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21

who, as boy, was trudging along tia
path of the canal, and so was Mr.. Mo
Kinley in his early life. only men,
ton these because they are the three
victims of the spirit of anarchy which
Is the curse of this country to-day,
and the only serious curse aftiichng
it."
Mr.. Mitchell took quick notice OF
the word anarchy" as employed by
Mr.. MacVeagh, and with considera-
bic spirit promptly inquired: Trade
unions are not held responsible for IT.
are they?"
mo, certainly not" said Mr., Mac
Veagh. Trade unions are most ad'
mirable, but you make demand up
on US that we shall prohibit every
man in our employ from working
more than eight hours. That strikes
us as perfectly inadmissible-"
In answer to further questions Mr.
Mitchell entered into a detailed de-
scription of the workings of the
union.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
EMMA GOLDMAN IN CHICAGO.
The High Priestess of Anarchy
Makes u Tame Speech in the
Presence of BIuecOats.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-With two hun
dred policemen and two patrol wagons
held in reserve at the East Chicago
Avenue station, with Inspector Camp
bell. Lieut.. Smith and six detectives in
the hall, and Justice Hamburger in
his court ready to issue warrants, En-
ma Goldman spoke before four hun
dred anarchists at Clark and Erie
streets Sunday night.
Police precautions proved unneces-
sary, for the carnation in her hair was
more fiery than anything Miss Gold
nan said She did declare, however,
that the police were uniformed ami
mails and that the people of the
country were ''all cowards."
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and laughed, and then she showed
me his picture in the paper, and he
was a man 'thout no white beard
like S1nta's, and she said they call
him guv'nor. He looked so kind and
good out of his eyes, [ just thought
maybe he would help us a little if he
knew how hard up we was this fall.
Mamma can't wash as much as she
used -, and I can't help much yet,
so l wrote a letter to the guv'nor one
day when mamma had gone to the
judges to help clean house. 1 made
my en-vl'up out of paper like I wrote
my letter on; the teacher in the first
room showed me how, but it didn't
stick good, and I'm afraid it lost my
letter out and the guv'nOr didn't get
it, and it's only one more week till
Thanksgiving"
His voice trembled, and the girl
turned her head for a moment to give
him a chance to choke back his tears
where did you mail your letter?'
she asked.
He pointed to a tiny crack under
the shelf of the general delivery
window. Right here" he said. 81
couldn't reach the holes where the
big folks put their letters"
The girl told him to run IlOne
home and be patient, and pulling out
the stamp drawer reached in behind
it and found a crumpled paper. II
was Bobby's letter to the guv'nor.
1t dropped out of the envelope into
her lap, and she read the pitiful ap
peal; then taking a sheet of paper
she wrote:
Dear Sir: This important letter ha:
been mislaid in our office, but 1 hope
it is not too late for you to answer i
before Thanksgiving. Yours very truly
THE Girl at the Office Window"
She folded this inside Bobby's let
ter, fastened the corners of the
brown envelope with mucilage, adj
dressed it properly, and taking &
stamp from her stamp book put it OF
the corner. She took out her purse
and counted her scanty savings; theI
she put dime in the stamp drawer
and put special delivery stamp OF
the brown envelope, too.
The governors mail was brought
to him at breakfast time. In the
package was the queer brown enNeI
ope, and the governor opened it frs
out of curiosity. He read it through
| once and smiled. He read it agai1
and whistled softly; then the chill
dren called for an explanation, anC
he read aloud:
Dear Guv'nor: I am a boy. but an
not afrade of you, for you look goo
out of yore eyes. The teacher told m
about you bein' the man that rul
! Thanksgiv!n and 1 tho't you w'u't
want all yore pe'ple to have a goo
time and we ant got emmy turkey o
emmy thing like the teacher read abou
! the pe'ple hav'n'. L don't ker mucl
for them things if you ant got enut
| to go round, but mamma needs a ne1
dress offel bad, and a shall, she an
| got emmy to keep her warm when W
| carry the close home; and 1 ant go
| no over cote or mitt'ns; but if you an
! got eEny my sise it's all rite. I an
| just past S, but 1 am tolabul big to m
| age. 1 WI dnt ask for so much, bu
ant got 10 papa like the other boys
| and I thot you w'u'd see that we w u
| need more help than boys that's go
! papas. 1 asst mamma onct why 1 ain
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EVIDENCES OF A TRAGEDY.
They Would Indicate that Mrs. A. l.
Sechrest and Babe Have Found
Rest In the Missouri.

Leavenworth, Kas., Nov. 17.-In the
Missouri river, near here, woman s
straw hat with the following note has
been found:
''To whoever finds this, please take
the clothes to Journal office, and
they will send it to AS North Twenty
sixth street, Lincoln, Neb. This is to
mark the place where /, Mrs. A. l.
Sechrest, and baby, have gone to rest
in the deep Missouri"
The woman's family lives in Omaha
1t is believed that Mrs. A. L. Sc
chrest was the wife of Frank Sc,
chrest, who was killed by DR.. Zorn
in Kansas City, three months ago, ii
a dispute over a board bill. The river
is being dragged.
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weI1-Known st. Louisan Dead.

st. Louis, Nov. 17.-Ignatz +. Muel-
Ter, president of the Mueller Bros,
Furniture & Carpet Co., died at his
residence, Sunday evening of quick
consumption. superinduced by chronic
liver trouble. Mr.. Mueller had been
an invalid for long time, and had
been confined to his bed for the past
four months.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
Making Preparations.

II want to get a turkey and
bottle of paregOric, and some mince-
meat, and some pepsin pills, and some
cranberries, and some furniture pol
ish, and quart of oysters, and a
package of court plaster, and some
sweet potatoes, and fire insurance
policy" Here the marketman smiled
merrily and inquired: Going to eat
all that?" No" responded the
customer, but the family Thanks
giving dinner occurs at my house this
year."-Baltimore American.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21

New York, Nov. 17.-Papers con-
tanning sensational allegations have
been filed by the attorneys for Al
bert Z. Patrick, the lawyer, who is
now in the death chamber in Sing
Sing, y. Y, awaiting eIectrocution for
the murder of William Marsh Rice.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
Fondness for Hugging Girls.

Clinton, Ia. Nov. 17.-Ira Stebbins,
of Morrison, ILL.,, is under arrest here.
charged with disturbing the peace. He
was caught in the act of embracing
two young girls on the street. and Is
supposed to be the man who has been
committing like acts the past few
weeks
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
PERRY PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
George l.. o. Perry Charged With
Having Murdered Agnes McPhee
in ScmerviIIe, Mass.

Somerville, Mass, Nov. Ito
charge of having murdered Agnes
McPhee in this city on October 3,
George L. o. Perry, the Cambridge
negro already charged with the muir
der of Clara \. Morton at Waverley,
November 1, pleaded not guilty in the
SomervilIe superior criminal court.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
The state Has Lost a witness.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 17.-Mrs. Sc
chrest was supposed to have started
for Kansas City to testify in the Zorn
case, which was set for Monday, but
up to this hour she has not been To-
Gated. The killing of Sechrest by
Zorn was a sensational affair, and
Mrs. Sechrest was the states princi-
Dal witness.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
Disappointed Reporters.

Vicksburg, Miss, Nov. IA party
of reporters, repulsed by the guards
around the Presidents hunting camp,
sought to approach it by water, and
engaged a small steamer here for the
purpose, but were forced to give up
the attempt ON account of the low
stage of water in the Yazoo and trib
utarieS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
Belgium VIII be Represented.

Brussels, Nov. 1.-THE Belgian gov
ernment has assured Mr.. Thomas w.
Cridler, former third assistant secre-
a1-v of state of the United States,
hat Belgium will take an important
art in the ST. Louis Worlds fair,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21
Inconsistent.

Optimist- SO you have nothing to
be thankful for?
Pessimist-Not a deuced thing!
well, such an habitual kicker ar
you ought to be thankful for thak
Puck.
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AoW TKE GOVERNOR
-HELpED BoBBY
O. IAAkkS SGlVE Y
by /ZWUZ/W7oN~

L WAS the slack
time at the post
office - the hour
just before noon,
when the morning
mail had all been
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-21

loss. Two freight trains on the sid
ing were gotten away in time to save
them.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20
FEDERAL TRUST REGULATION.

If we are assured that wisdom will come
out Of a multitude OF counsel the trust
problem will be solved very soon. It's prop
er solution is proposed almost every day
and by representatives of all classes, from
the widest cranks to the most erudite
philosophers and the most successful prac-
teal men.
An interesting contribution to the volum-
inous literature Of this dicussion has come
recently from Mr.. James B. Dill, a noted
corporation lawyer of New York, in an adj
dress at Harvard university on National
Laws to govern Trusts or Great Industrial
Combinations"
Mr.. Dill, makes good use Of the fact that
trusts organized under the laws Of one
state do business in many other states
and may operate in all of them. Some
states, like New Jersey, for instance, make
large revenues by granting charters prac-
tically without conditions or limitations
to all who seek to organize trusts under
their laws.
Hardly any two states have the same
regulations or restrictions for trusts and
consequently there is a constant conflict
between state and federal laws on the SUBJ
ject.
The New York legislature is now consid-
ering a bill to provide for chartering
trusts TO operate entirely outside of that
state. This looks like a scheme to work
of on other states industrial combinations
that would not be tolerated within the
limits of the state giving them legal ex-
istence.
Mr.. Dill sees no remedy for this evil ex-
cent the enactment of a federal law under
which all trust charters must be obtained
and TO the requirements of which they
must be subject wherever they operate.
Mr.. Dill does not believe that the people
of this country realize the power and dan
ger of these combinations and in this opin-
ion he is probably correct. This knowledge
is being forced upon them more sensibly
every day and undoubtedly both state and
federal legislation will be applied to check
this enormous evil in the early future,
unless the country is to be delivered en-
tirely over to these combinations to control
almost every manufactured article of COM
mon use.
The objection of centralism lies strong
against Mr. DilTs plan, but the mad
eduacy Of state legislation on the subject
has disguised most of those who had
hoped to find in it relief from the evils Of
trusts.
The federal regulation idea is growing
in favor and Mr.. Dill says much to
strengthen its support.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20

to effect of the several changes in the
mcEetary system provided for by the pro-
posed law will be left to the commission.
The intention Of the bill is to take the
government as much as possible out OF
the banking business.
1t is believed that the possibility of a
drain on the gold reserve will be largely
obviated by the provision of the exchange
of gold for silver, and the limitation OF
silver certificates to denominations of five
dollars and less.
A provision of the bill that is regarded
with special favor is that which permits
the issue by national banks under certain
restrictions of currency equal TO the
amount of their capital. The issue will
pay a tax of / IA per cent. up to 60 per
cent. of the amount The amount of a
banks circulation above 60 per cent. of its
capital will be known as emergency cir
culation, half of it to pay tax Of per
cent. and the other half per cent. per
annum.
The theory is that this emergency cir
culation will provide for the prompt ex-
pansion and contraction of the currency
as conditions may demand. A bill of such
great importance will necessarily provoke
much discussion. and it is hardly proba-
BILE that it will become a law at the pres
ent session of congress, though there Is
a determination on the part Of the ma
jority of the house banking and currency
committee to press the measure vigorous
w
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20
THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.

The latest United States census while
not intended to favor any one section Of
the country over the others has made such
a magnificent showing for the south that
It may be considered the best advertise
ment this part of the country has ever
received.
The plain facts and figures as set forth
i'm these official and impartial records OF
the progress of the nation have made a
deep impression upon all the public
throughout the United States and in for
eign countries.
The San Francisco Call, looking across
the continent, is deeply impressed by
them. 1t says: lone of the most notable
statistics for 1900 is the revelation that
the southern states have begun to in
crease in population as rapidly as the
ncrth.''
For many years the south sent more of
her children to the north and west to find
homes and help to build up those sections
than she received in return. During the
last ten or twelve years the tendency of
migration has been reversed. The south
is now very generally regarded both in the
north and west at the most inviting part
o. the whole country.
That the bulk of the immigration to the
south is made up of Americans who are
seasoned to our system of government and
that we get very little Of the foreign in
hux which constitutes the bulk of the i'm
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.

The Galveston News talks like a states
man when It says: u.t
The decision OF the supreme court of
the United States. declaring uneonstitu-
tional the Illinois antitrust law empha-
sizes the fact that the only method by
which the people OF the United States can
protect themselves against trusts is to de-
stroy protection The protection Of the
people OF this country must be accom-
pIished by destroying the protection by
which they have been deceived and op-
pressed. Freedom OF commerce and trade
Is the only remedy. 1t Is the only means
by which the full benefits of competition
may be secured here or elsewhere"
AS long as the present system OF pro-
lection is maintained no preventive of the
trust evil can be devised that will not
be evaded in some way.
The fact that the trusts are becoming
fully recognized as legitimate children of
the protective tariff is strengthening i'm
mensely the demand for tariff reform.
Some OF the wisest OF the Republican
leaders. are advising their party to take
the lead in this matter because they fear
and believe that II the present policy of
tariff taxation is persisted in there will
inevitably result revolt that will go TO
extremes lnal may DE prevented Dy SUI
stantial concessions.
The Babcock bill for the removal Of du-
ties on articles made in this country that
are sold abroad cheaper than at home is
an expression of the views of these
alarmed Republican statesmen. The en-
actment OF such 4 law would deal a body
blow to many OF the largest and most ar
rogant Of the trusts that are now en-
abled by protective duties to defy COM
petition both at home and abroad.
The irrepressible issue of reciprocity is
adding powerfully to the complications
with which the Republican party is now
struggling.
There is already such a wrangle in that
camp as it has never known before and
il is becoming angrier every day. Keep it
up. gentlemen. The country will prob
ably reap great benefits from your fam
lily fight.
The house OF protectionism is gloriously
divided against itself.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20
The NEGRO NORTH AND SOUTH.

Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis, one of the
eminent women in the current literature
of our country, is a native of Virginia,
but for many years has been a resident OF
Philadelphia. She has observed and stud
led the conditions and opportunities Of
the negro. north and south, and in a re-
cent letter to the New York Independent
has this to say on the subject:
"These sentimental objections to the
provincialism of the south fade into
nothingness in the face of the great fact
that the negro to live must find work. and
that his old masters will give him work,
and his new friends in the north will not.
The trades unions have shut him out. But
there is not a town in the south today
where a black mason or carpenter or
blacksmith cannot find work and wages.
The real difficulty there in his way is that.
as a rule, he will not work steadily. Ev-
cry capitalist who has operated in the
southern states will tell the same story of
the negroes who would work for a week,
and as soon as they were paid would lay
off to rest up for a fortnight. 1t is this
uncomfortable habit of the negro work.
man that has closed factories and phos-
phate works from Carolina to the gulf"
Mrs. Davis has by no means overstated
the advantages which the negro has in
the south for high class employment over
those which are within his reach in the
north, but she underestimates the reiia-
bility of the best GLASS Of skilled negro
labor in this section. 1t is true the negro
has proved a failure as a cotton mill lab
orer in the south but it must be remem-
bered that only the lower classes of ne
groes have been tried in that line Of work
The thousands of negroes in this Sec
ton who are earning good wages as me-
chanics do excellent work, are we'll skilled,
orderly and reliable. And yet not one Of
them would be permitted to work at his
trade in any northern or western state.
The much professed love Of the negro
in Those sections as rule exhausts itself
in advocating his social equality in the
south but rules him out when he asks a
chance to earn a livelihood in those sec
tions.
The main point which Mrs. Davis
makes is undeniably well taken, but she
does not discriminate fairly and is unjust
to very large number Of efficient negro
artisans in the south.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20
A VACCINATION CONFLICT.

The prevalence of smallpox in some
quarters of London and other parts of
England and the consequent activity in
compulsory vaccination have provoked
angry discussions on the subject not only
among scientific men, but in the house
of lords itself
The opposition to compulsory vaccina-
ton has undoubtedly grown very much
in Great Britain in recent years. Through
out the United Kingdom vaccination was
practically compulsory up to 1898 and
smallpox had become very rare.
But there was a neglect of re-vaccina-
ton and in time the disease which had
been well-nigh stamped out began to de-
velop again and spread.
In 1897 the government appointed a COM
mission composed of half physicians and
half laymen to examine into the entire
question and report what course should
be pursued relative to it.
Smallpox was spreading. but opposition
to vaccination was increasing also and a
mixed problem was presented.
The commission went ahead and did its
work faithfully. It's report was sur
prise. 1t recommended that compulsory
vaccination be relaxed to a decided de-
gree.
The doctors on the commission were the
more urgent members of the commission
in this recommendation. The report in
duced the government TO adopt its pres
ent modified plan of vaccination. 1t is
only quasi compulsory. 1t recognizes the
conscientious. objection clause, which
reads thus:
mo parent or other person will be LA
BILE to any penalty under the vaccination
act If, within four months from the birth
of child he satisfies two justices or a
stipendiary or metropolitan police major
ity that he conscientiously believes that
vaccination would be prejudicial to the
health of the child, and within seven days
thereafter delivers to the vaccination Off
GER for the district a certificate of such
ces or magistrate"
The spread of smallpox in London
caused the recent debate IN the house of
lords on the necessity of more stringent
government provisions for vaccination.
A resolution for the abolition of the
conscientious objection" was proposed
and over it an angry debate ensued.
The resolution failed, in spite Of very
vigorous and almost ferocious support and
the vaccination law OF Great Britain
stands still as 1t has stood since 1898.
That is to say anybody in Great Britain
VINO does not choose to be vaccinated can
save himself from that infection by simply
declaring that he is conscientiously OPP
posed to it.
No wonder smallpox is spreading in
Great britain
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.



Fools seek pleasure; wise men happiness.
Money comes into one pocket and goes out
of the ether.
Ambition is jealousy Of others achievements;
aspiration is covetousness.
Ridicule no man for his snub nose; you can
never tell what may turn UP.
When all men are what they pretend to be
the millennium problem will be easy.
Youth is fresh but as 1t attains age It Is
sailed with the tears Of disappointment.
solomon's wives were contented because they
did not have to go out in bad weather to gossip
II a man is determined to get into trouble II
is not absolutely necessary for him to get mar
ried.
Practicing what you preach bores your friends
about much as preaching what you dom
practice.
Some peoples homes are 50 attractive that
they enjoy the and comfort Of sitting in
dentists chair.
At sixteen all men are welcomed into my
ladys net; at thirty-six she seeks the easy
prey of beardless youth.
Man is a creature of ailments; after the
measles, mumps and other Affections Of in
fancy come the moral diseases of maturity.
The average man who contends that paying
insurance premiums is an uneconomic invest
ment spends them in a barroom to prove it.
Some women are so unlucky about raising
children that IL they kept them locked in safe
they would be the first ones in the block to
catch the measles.
When the average young woman considers
her mission in life she begins by wondering
how many servants she will have and whether
She will enjoy a victoria or brougham most.
BECAUSE A woman smiles sweetly when the
dinner guest says he will have more of her
delicious pie and there isn't any more, is no
sign that when she gets into another room she
doesn't kick the door in rage.
The man who commands the largest respect
from his wife is the one who can make her
nonsy IS n because Il is so easy for him It isn't
worth his while to give much attention to 1t.