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Did 1t PAY.

The largest check ever given a nth
ern paper for a months advertising is
said to have been from a Montgomery,
Ala. firm to The Advertiser, or that
city. for December. 1t was for Sc, 127. ii.
Commenting on the above The New
Bern Journal we'll says:
The above paragraph which is now
going about through the press, indicates
that the value Of advertising, has found
substantial root in n southern city.
Among very many business men in
the south. the above amount paid for
advertising for an entire year, would be
tremendous, n in this state 1t is very
doubtful if a single local advertiser
pays one-third OF the above sum for
advertising in a home newspaper during
a year.
Too many advertisers have the habit
Of looking solely at the mount OF non
ey that they are paying for advertising,
without giving due and just credit TO
the results produced from the advertis-
ing
And it is usually the parsimonious
merchant, who spends two or three
dollars for advertising in his local news
paper. and expects not only large space
and desirable position, but blames the
wspape IL his store is not crowded
daily. with customers.
Die it pay the Montgomery firm that
paid che six thousand and odd dollars
for a single months advertising in a
local Taper?
Does it pay the hundreds Of mer-
chants in North Carolina, who are pay
ing from one to fifty dollars per month
for advertising in their local papers?
If it did not. it is safe to say har II
would not be many weeks before this
state would be without a dialy or week
ly publication.
The merchant of today does not buy
~newspape space on sentiment, any
more than he buys goods. because a
wholesale dealer wants to get rid Of a
stock that is undesirable but still sells
at a high price.
Advertising has got beyond the rs it
worth while" state in every live commC-
nifty. and the merchant whose name
does not appear in an advertisement in
a local paper. is held as being out-of-
date. and classified as N. G..
Advertising today makes fortunes.
And those not using advertising space,
soon find to their sorrow that 1t does
not pay to ave kept down expenses by
saving in the use Of printers ink
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their buildings and stock It is believed
that when b truth Is known the dg-
ures given above will not be far from
the correct estimate. The remarkable
feature OF h fire undoubtedly is the
absence. so far as known. Of loss OF
life.
The American Publishing Company Is
the heaviest losers, the building
being entirely ruined. bit the paper was
issued in ar abbreviated form tonight.
There has been more or less disorder
about the streets today, but the police
have been very active and the militia
has been Of great service in handling
the crowds. The stress were Piled
with houshold goods and strewn with
small articles thrown from the windows.
Some Of the property was confscated
by passers-by. but the amount of
thieving was small compared with the
opportunities offered by the confusion.
The number OF injured was very
small. and, in all, but one or two cases
the injuries were slight.
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A Deathbed Recognition.

Uncle Jimmie was a man who 4
a reputation for "tightness' in business
affairs, which chung to him the entire
SO-odd years of his existence.
When he was stricken with
proved to be his las illness a neighbor
came to see him who had heard he was
near unto death.
The family were gathered about the
room in various stages Of grief-he had
not been an over kind husband and
father-and the sick man lay on his
bed with closed eyes and labored
breathing.
See If he knows you" said his wife.
tearfully. to the neighbor, who tiptosd
to the side Of the bed and leaned over
the occupant.
"'Uncle Jimmie do o know me?
asked the neighbor. gently.
A deep silence hung over the room
Finally Uncle Jimmie" slowly opensa
his eyes and fixed them intently on the
uuestioner.
Know your" he echoed, feebly. Il
reckon / do Where's that gallon Of
vinegar you owe meT
The neighbor had TO acknowledge the
recognition was completes-Lippincottss
Magazine
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George AIDE had been for a visit to
the old home. at Lafayette. Ind, AL
returned to Chicago reeking with Hoo
sier stories. One OF them relates to a
street fair" recently held In thai place.
MANY Of the freak Of the fair midway
boarded with the keeper Of q cheap no
tel who consequently was at liberty TO
visit. without charge, any OF the ex-
hibits. One morning. after the fair had
been running q few days, a country boy
appeared at the hotel and told the DIT
prietor that he and his pap" had
brought a load OF hay to town for the
animals in Bostock's show. but the Dad
upset
Had yer breakfast" inquired the
landlord.
Nope. We started fore sun-up."
The man insisted that he boy take
breakfast right then. The boy did 90,
but protested hat he was afraid pop"
wouldn't like 1t. After breakfast the
man said:
"Fver seen Lulu. the wild eirig"
Nope. Hain't been { town sencc last
Better come an see her. Won't cost
a cent"
But pap won't like It."
"Oh. never mind. 1t won't take long,"
After they had seen Lulu they visit
ed the two-headed boy, the skeleton
man.. the s~witchback railway. the ami
NAL show. each time the boy warning
the m a that pop" wouldn't like il. but
each time being overruled by his gener-
guide. At last, toward sundown.
the boy positively baked at going in to
sec the girl with the elephant feet, or
the score that he was sure pap"
wouldn't like 1t.
well. by the way. where is your
paD?" asked the man.
He's under the load Of hay."-New
York Times.
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Making Money Too Fast to jump.

Here is n that a young man who
knows a good story when he hears IL
heard n railroad man tell another in
a depot VI the line the other day,
says the Portland Oregonian-
w picked up a new Irishman some
where ~up-country and set him to work
brakin' on a construction train at three
cents a mile for wages. One day when
him am me was on the train she GOT
away on one O. them mountain grades,
the first thing We knowed she
was fiyn' down the track at about 80
miles an hour. with nothin' in sight
but the ditch and the happy huntin'
grounds when We come to the end. ]
twisted 'em down as hard as 1 could
all along the stops and then Of a sudden
L see Mike crawlin' along toward the
end Of n Of the cars on all tours.
with his face the color of milk. I
thought he was gettin' ready to jump.
l see his finish il he did.
Mike" 1 says. for Gods sake don't
jump
He clamps his fingers on the run
MIN hoard to give him a chance to
turn round. and. lookin' at me con-
" Jump, is it? Do yez think I'd be
afther jumpin' an me maxim money
as fast as I amp"
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b nostril. and by the time Il was iift-
ed from h water. released the
hook and returned to as element. ft had
undergone an experience that made q
lasting Impression upon IL. a. the Sc
quei amply proved.
Mr.. Green discovered shortly after
the hooking OF the trout hat when
ever he approached the pool with his
rod the trout woul instantly dash TO
4 place OF hiding. although IL paid 70
attention to O cane or other stick held
over the water. The trout lived for
years In that pool. anu never failed to
show its fears OF h n trout rod. or any
other one as long as 10 lived. Mr..
Green's invarfable remark was. after
this favorite exhibition of his:
This shows in a striking manner
that even fish have memory. and n long
and strong one. too. II hat trout's
actions were not sufficient demonstra-
tons OF the fate. OF what use In evil
dence?"-New York Sun.
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Where is the center OF politeness7
We say Manchester. ". III. The most
disastrous fire In that town since 1879
was discovered by Miss Theodore Rich
ardson. who. seeing the board OF trade
In session In the doomed block. an
nounced: Gentlemen excuse me for In
terrupting, but the entire north side OF
this building Is on fire."-Boston Jour
nal
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A CITY SWEPT BY FIRE
DEVASTATION OF A CONNECTICUT
TOWN BY FIRE.
BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED

waterbury, Conn.,, Suffers From Ter
rible Confingration-The Chief Bus
mess louise Swept Away-Fear Mt
enc Time for the Entire Town-The
Chief Buildings I'm Ruins-The Loss
Estimated at Three Million Dollars.
Supposed to be the Work of In
cendiartes.
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Customer-Gisnme a cup o. chocolate
with lots OF whipped cream
Boston Waitress tshouting back to
the misunderstanding solitaire In .
plenitudinous setting OF chastised lac
teal fiuid.-Catholic Times-Standard.
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The American sugar trust Is very
anxious to have the customs duty on
raw sugar removed.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-09-26

The Pie-maker has been given the
tip that the Democratic party enter
tains no hopes Of winning it's county
ticket in November, but it does be-
lieVe that it has show to elect
part of it, and if the Pie-maker has
been correctly informed it hopes to
elect Mr.. Cudihee sheriff and either
Harry Dreese county auditor, or w.
F. Pike county clerk. 1t is the inten-
tion, however, of the Democratic man
ayers to concentrate their fight on the
legislative ticket with a view of being
able to assist George Turner in his
fight for reelection to the United
States senate. Col B1ethen is anx-
ious for this because he wants a place
made for his son Clarence, who has
been nominated for the legislature
from the 45th legislative district. If
Turner is reelected it is limited that
Clarence Blethen will be selected as
his private secretary and at the
same time represent the Times at the
capitol, and thereby kill two birds with
one stone.
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Democrats have been doing a little
more prophesying for the future for
their party, and an eastern Washing
ton Democratic politician predicts that
the next legislature will be Republi-
can, but notwithstanding that it will
refuse to pass the railroad commission
bill and then the Republican voters of :
eastern Washington will break away
from the party and demand the nomi-
nation Of Ed Cudihee of King county
for governor, and it is thought by them
that he will sweep eastern Washing
ton like cyclone, and at the same
time run like a scared wolf at the
polls in King county and western
Washington in general. This, of
course, is far fetched, but it only
shows how the average politician fig
ures out success for himself and his
party.
1t is laughable to hear Democrats
talk about how Clarence Blethen is
going to beat G. w. Jeffries, the Re-
publican nominee for the legislature
in the 45th district. Clarence Blethen
is not even popular in the district; he
is not even known in the district: he
cannot even get the full Democratic
vote in the district and as to the labor
vote it will be against him to a man.
Clarence Blethen is nothing more or
less than a protege of his father, who
will go to the legislature, should he
be elected, to do whatever pa" says,
and represent pa instead if his con-
stituency, just as he does in the news
paper. Now pa" does not stand very
well with the labor people in this city
and you can rest assured that they
won't vote for pas boy. PAS" paper
Continued on Fourth Page.)
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in
O
in the practice
in
to
to
to in
a
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ev er business
transactions he
has been connect
ed with has al
ways ended as it
began, in the
most honorable
and satisfactory
manner to all
concerned. No
official position
in the gift of the
people of a coun-
ty is more impor-
tant than that of
county commits
SiOner. The coun-
ty commissioner
holds the good of
the community in
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prominent in the
public affairs of
this county. He
h a S conducted
himself becOm-
ingly and in ev-
cry way made an
ideal citizen and
stands high in his
profession. Ones
past record in
the community
in which he has
so long lived is
always a reflex of
the exact charac-
ter Of the person,
and this is true
of Mr.. Morris in
this community.
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The Seattle Republican
knows no man in it's long list
of political acquaintances who
is a more successful organ
izer and a harder worker in
political circules than George
u. Piper, who has been nom
mated by his Republican
friends to represent the 34th
senatorial district in the next
legislature. Mr.. Piper is no
stranger to not only the vOt-
ers of that district, but he is
no stranger to the voters of
King county, and the state
Of Washington in general.
His prominent connection
with various daily papers in
this city for the past fifteen
years has made his name a
household word throughout
the entire state and especial
ly in the city of Seattle. 1t
seldom happens that men
connected with newspapers
that do not fear to take a
stand on public questions ev-
er subsequently succeed in
being nominated for an office,
because in taking such Jour
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liams' College,
Mass. He subse-
quently took a
law course at the
A | b a n y Law
School and gl.adu-
ated therefrOm in
1890. He was adj
mitted the same
year to practice
at the bar in New
York. He, how
ever fell a victim
to the advice of
Horace Greely's
YOung man, go
west and grow up
with the country"
and he, therefore,
in 1892 left his
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o whom
he
him
him
which he likely
a
he
n
of
S evil
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he will represent
King county, he
will represent the
state of Washing
ton yea, he will
even represent
the American
people without
any regard Of
either their pOliti-
cal or religious
USII6lS. I1O Will
make a reputation
for himself that
will be known far
and near in this
state. Mr.. Cole
was born in Troy,
New York, and is
a graduate of Will
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IRVING T. COLE.

the legislature
prominence the legislative
When Republicans
of he
of
citizen
he
districts heart than
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CHARLES BAKER.

When
of
commissioner
phc confidence 1t
there honorable
has
brought
dongs in who
known Baker the
nomination Charley Bakers
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GEO. &. MORRIS.

AS superior
few weeks
"hstanding There
was started out properly his life
of
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
w. 7. SCOTT.

Had the Democratic named its partisan
cutting w
the polls
Mr. Scott while
court or
10
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for the legislature in the 42nd legis-
lative district. In the 43d they be-
lieve that they probably can defeat
both or at least one of the nominees
for the house. They have no hopes
OF winning either of the places
in the 44th, but skipping to the 45th
they hope and believe Clarence BIeth-
en- can defeat G. w. Jeffries, and to
that end the Times is loaded for bear
and threatens an expose, which they
believe Will defeat Mr.. Jeffries. In
the 18th neither the Senator nor the
nominees for the lower house by the
Democrats can win out against the
Republican nominees. In the 47th
Tom Church has a faint hope of de-
feating w. H. Lewis, but as the dis
trict has a 500 or 700 Republican ma
jority, those who may perchance to
cut Lewis or Jones would not change
the result in the final count. Sum-
ming the whole Of the Democratic
prospects up, they hope to get three
senators and four members of the
legislature, and thereby give to Tur-
ner seven votes from King county in
the senatorial mix-up before the next
legislature.
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No man can point
the finger of
scOrn or deriSiOn
at him because he
has always treat
ed his felloWmen
regardless Of
their race, color
or nationality, as
men, and such
men always sue
ceed. When Mr..
Morris was nom
mated in the late
convention over a
man as popular
as was John F.
Miller, it is plain
to be seen that
he stood par ex-
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JAM ES WEIR.


a
of
said that he should
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t
N
who sk him admit that he the
in
man
OF
to
S
in
to
United a
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Speaking about the fight that the
Democratic party proposes to make
for it's legislative nominees, the fol
lowing has been given to the Pie-mak-
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yet it is believed
that Mr.. Weir
will poll more
votes than any
one else on the
ticket at the COM
| n 6 election.
There are within
the neighborhOOd
Of $500 voters in
that district and
conservative Dem
Ocrats admit that
of that number
James Weir will
get at least 1900.
He is one of Sc
attle's foremost
business men and
in business has
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been a huge sue
cess. No man in
Seattle has been
a greater success
in private busi-
ness tha n Mr..
Weir and for that
reason the voters
of that district
believe him to be
the very best man
to represent them
in the legislature.
The idea, which
has been common
to most Of the dis
tricts in the state
to send profess
sional politicians
to the legislature,
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cutting attorney
of King county is
called upon by the
county commits
siOners and the
various county Of
icers to give
opinions on mat
ters of the gray
est Importance to
the entire county
and to fill such a
position with a
stranger and that
too with no ma
ture ideas Of law
and opinions rem
dered by the var
Gus supreme
courts of the
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do
idea ho dtruen
of
and
on a
district
Weir last and all the
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the hollow Of his
hands. By one
wrong vote on
the part of the
commissioner the
community can be
almost financially
ruined and an
evil, designing
man with mer-
cenary greed as
his chief aim and
object in Office
has a hundred
and one ways,
more or less, to
rob the people
while acting in
the capacity of
county commits
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land, would be a
most dangerous
precedent for any
county to S e t
much less King
county, and there
fore the voters of
this county will
elect Mr.. Scott
over Mr.. Fred
Dale Wood by not
less than 5000
majority. The Re
publican n OF e S
W i t h pleasure
that in the coun-
ty convention w.
T. Scott was not
opposed by any
factiOnal click or
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''He has made a most admirable sher-
if and he will get almost as many
Republican votes this year as he did
two years ago. 1t is the man who does
they are getting so that they want
such men in Office regardless of their
political affiliations, especially when
it comes to local matters. Since Ed
Cudihee has been sheriff of King coun-
ty he has been on duty every day, and
it matters not where duty calls him,
nor how difficult and dangerous it may
be, he is always found leading his
forces to perform his duty, instead of
sending them. The people are not
unmindful of that and while the Re-
publican nominee is a most excellent
man, he has not been tried as has Mr..
Cudihee, and therefore, a number of
the Republicans will vote for Cudi-
hee, Notwithstanding the fact he is a
Democrat. l believe in party politics,
and believe in supporting, generally
speaking, the nominees of the party,
but when man has shown and proven
his patriotism and his good qualifica-
tiOnS to hold a certain position, re-
gardless of his politics, 1 think it is
the duty OF every good citizen to vote
for such man and this has prompted
me to say that Cudihee is going to
make a splendid run and is going to
get number of Republican voters
this year."
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O
be hba
in
next
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to
fill
fo
would
andk
him have
found him the
the office which
does not in speaking Mr.
munity for ortyye
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POLITICAL POT : PIE


er as official: In the counsels of the
party is was decided that Ike Calhoun
by a hard scratch might defeat DR..
J. j. Smith in the 3Oth senatorial dis
trict. 1t was also decided at the
same time that Joe Conway could de-
feat Senator Heinrich in the 33rd sena-
torial district. Owing to threats made
by Governor McGraw, Captain Ballard
and others of equal Republican promi-
nence in the 34th senatorial district
the Democrats believe that Billy
Moore can defeat George U. Piper, or
at least they are going to make an eff
fort in that direction. Potts, of the
35th senatorial district, will not be
disturbed nor will Dick Kinner, of the
36th, nor Palmer of the 9th, but it
is very generally believed among the
Democrats that Tucker of the 32nd
senatorial district is an easy mark,
as the district is said to be Democrat
ic on general principles.
AS to members of the lower house
the Democrats do not believe that they
can defeat either of the Republican
nominees in the 40th legislative dis
trict, but they do believe that they
can defeat Gen. Tibbitts in the 41st
legislative district. They likewise
have sneaking opinion that they can
defeat one or both of the nominees
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-09-26

Should Ed Cudihee be reelected
sheriff of King county this year the
Piemaker predicts that he will be a
candidate for governor two years from
now on the Democratic ticket and the
convention will nominate him for that
position without a dissenting vote. The
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-09-26

Speaking about Sheriff Cudihee, a
very prominent Republican said to
the Pie-maker one day this week that
he believed he would be reelected.
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