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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-21

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
8eelfoot Sake 11lopins 5aetory.

and when / do / shall open $4,000
acres to cultivation and protect
the remainder from netting SO that
it will again become filled with
game fish for which it was once
one Of the most famous places in
the country, The professional
fishermen have now almost ruined
the sport there"
Mai. Harris says he has no fears
Of the Dougherty suits which are
about to be filed for possession of
the lake under old grants from
North Carolina while Tennessee
was Franklin county of that com
monwealth. He states that the
Dougherty grants cover but small
portion of the lake proper even
should they be sustained. Mem
phis News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
STRENUOUsNEsS NEEDED.

The changes have been right
royalty rung in the last few years
on ''the strenuous life" And
they need to be sounded in an age
that so abounds in "gilded youth"
that are in danger of degenerating
into contemplate effeminacy by
reason of the very softness of the
conditions that surround them.
The fathers had to struggle with
the aboriginal savagery of this
continent, and while they strug-
gled they developed into stalwart
manhood ''there were giants in
those days'-but their descend
ants. surrounded by all the luxu-
ries of our so called civilization,
are threatened with ''fatty degen-
eration," which unless it be warily
guarded against, is apt to be fatal
in its consequences. It would be
an infinite pity and shame to have
repeated in America the history of
Rome's decline and fall.
L. B. F.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Draughon's Practical Business Col
leges- National Reputation.

Draughon's practical business col
leges, located at Nashville, ST. Louis,
Atlanta, Montgomery, Little Rock,
FIT. Worth, Galveston and Shreveport,
are schools of national reputation.
They are strongly endorsed by bust
ness men from Maine to California.
Prof. Draughon, who is author of four
text books on bookkeeping, and pro-
prietOr of these institutions, doubt
less expends more money in securing
positions for his students than almost
any business college takes in as tu-
ition. He guarantees positions under
reasonable conditions, and will allow
a student to deposit money in bank
for tuition till course is completed and
position secured. Four weeks book
keeping in his college is equal to IL in
any other that does not employ his i'm
proved method of teaching. His col
ieges also offer special advantages in
penmanship, shorthand, typewritlng,
etc. 1t is generally conceded by those
who are in position to know that Prof.
Draughon'S success in the business
college work has been greater than
that of any one else. His superior
course of instruction and his special
facilities for securing positions are al
most an Offset to competition where
the merits of his work are known. His
illustrated catalogue will explain all,
Send for it; address, J. r. Draughon,
President, at either of the above men
toned places.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19

THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY.
It has been we'll and wisely said
by wiser heads than ours that the
school should be center of inter
est. Now in order to create such
an interest there is no more potent
factor than the personality of the
teacher or teachers.
The wise man or woman who la
bors in contracted locality and
does not make himself or herself
felt, cannot be doing full duty to
the responsible position which he
occupies.
'But," someone may ask, show
is the teacher to assert himself so
that he may be properly recog-
nized"? And in reply we will an
swer, "By attending to his own
business; by first winning the re-
spect Of those with whom he may
incidentally come in contact; by
keeping his opinions to himself
unless they are sought; by cover
ing up his idiosyncrasies as much
as possible if they are Of a nature to
arouse comment"
We too often find teachers who
take the place by storm as it were.
They are hardly installed in their
position before they are drawn into
public gaze. tits then that the old
saw, GA new broom sweeps clean"
has bold verifcation. With pyro-
technic flight they quickly attain
the zenith of their popularity, and
then the fall; oh, the fall! The law
of gravity holds true here as in the
world of matter. The plain,
everyday sort of person who is
not pulled up by his position is sure
in the long run to win place for
him self in the community"
ID. r.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
TRANSMIT TROUBLES.

Most of us have. had troubles,
all our lives, and each day has
brought all the evil that we wished
to endure. But if we were asked
to recount the sorrows OF our
lives, how many could we re-
member? How many that are six
months old should we think worthy
to be remembered or mentioned?
To-day's troubles look large, but
week hence they will be forgotten
and buried out of sight.
If you would keep book and
every day put down the things that
worry you, and see what beco mes
of them, it would be benefit to
you. You allow thing to annoy
you, just as you allow fly to
settle on you and plague you; and
you lose your temper Cor rather
get it; for when men are surcharg-
ed with temper they are said to
have lost IT'D and you justify your
selves for being thrown off your
balance by causes which you do
not trace out. But if you would
see what it was that threw you off
your balance before breakfast, and
put it down in a little book, and
follow it out, and ascertain what
becomes of it, you would see what a
fool you were in the matter.
The art of forgetting is blessed
art, but the art of overlooking is
quite as important. And if we
should take time to write down
the origin, the progress, and out
come of few of our troubles, it
would make us so ashamed of the
fuss we make over them, that we
should be glad to drop such things
and bury them at once in eternal
forgetfu1ness. Life is too short to
be worn out in petty worries,
frettings, hatred, and vexations.
Let us think only on whatsoever
things are pure, and lovely, and
gentle and of good report.
M. M. H.
Bread and cakes. baked daily
Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
KodoI Dyspepsia Cure.

Digests all classes of food, tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
organs. Cures dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Stomach troubles, and makes rich red
blood, health and strength. KodOl
rebuilds wornout tissues, purities,
strengthens and sweetens the stomach.
Gov. G. W. Atkinson, of w. Va, says
have used number of BOTTLES of Ko
dol and have found it to be very eff.
fective and, indeed, a powerful remedy
for stomach ailments. | recommend
it to my friends. Moss Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
THE K1NGsHIp OF sELF-coNTRoL.

THE KINGSHIP OF SELF-cONTROL.
The individual can attain self
control in great things only through
self-control in little things. He
must study himself and discover
his weak points and what elements
keep him from the fullest success.
This is the characteristic upon
which he should begin his exer-
else in self control. With no
regret for the past, no useless
worry for the future he should
live that day as if it were his only
day-the only day left tor him to
assert the best in him, the only
day for him to conquer all that is
worst in him. He should master
the weak element within him at
each slight manifestation from
moment to moment. Each mo-
ment then must be a victory for
self or him. In every human
being self is either king or slave.
What it will be in the in
dividual rests with him. a. C.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
Special educational Copies.

same time he is growing brave,
true, honorable, and manly. His
school is a little world in which
he grows up, not only with the
accomplishments of gentleman,
but with the dignity of a man.
Such school we as teachers and
superintendent are daily and hour
ly striving to build up in our city.
Such is the school which gives it.
self first to the business of
education, and attends only after
wards to the instruction of de-
tails.
In such schools they succeed in
making men out of boys, women
out of girls, and gentlemen and
ladies out of the uncultured ones
of both sexes. In such a school
you get what people call an all
round man, what Saint Paul called
perfect man, and what Words
worth remembering Saint Paul
called "a perfect woman nob1y
planned"
The difficulty thus far. in our
civil service system, is its failure
to devise any method of Judging
the manliness, character, integrity,
and general ability of the
candidates. 1t is impossible so to
examine the testimonials which
brings us to show that he stands
at one hundred for honor, TRUTH,
gentleness, purity, and success.
Yet the servant whom the country
needs should be unstained in each
of these characteristics.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
HICKMAN WAGON COMPANY
TO Build Plant and Remove to Mem
phis.


Within the next few months the
Hickman Wagon Company, of
Hickman, KY will build a large
manufacturing plant in Memphis.
Plans are now in process of forma-
ton and the actual work of erect
ing the buildingswill begin in little
time. In the interest of the COM
pany, F. E. Bowman, who will
have entire charge of the Memphis
plant. is now in the city looking
over the ground and becoming ia
miliar with local conditions.
The Hickman company is one Of
the largest wagon manufacturing
organizations in the entire country,
its products going everywhere and
being known everywhere. The
decision to remove the plant to
Memphis was made on account of
lack Of freight facilities for manu-
featuring and distributing wagons
at Hickman. Fully ten acres of
ground here will be used by the
company in its buildings and stor-
age rooms. Several hundred skill
ed workmen will be employed.
The location has not been definite.
" settled, but will probably be in
South Memphis.
PLENTY OF CAPITAL.
The capitalization Of the company
is $250,OO0. ltowns its own mills,
cuts it's own timber and completes
all work within it's own boundaries.
For years it has been turning out
high grade vehicles in the Ken
lucky city, but when the superior
attractions in the matter of freight
rates and local trade held by Mem
phis were made manifest the COM
pany deciding to locate here. For
general manager of the plant Mr..
Bowman was secured from the
Studebaker company, of South
Bend, Ind.
When seen at the Gayoso Hotel
Mr.. Bowman said:
work on the plant, which will
be built here, will be commenced
within the next few months.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative RR0fnO-Q uinine Tablets
he remedy that cures cold in one day
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
MORE EDUcATIoM-LEss INsTRUc-
TIoN.

MORE EDUcATIoM-LESS INSTRUC-
TIoN.
It is much more important that
boys and girls shall learn to live
than that they shall distress them
selves about any special detail of
living more important, for in
stance, that a boy should know how
to live than that he should know
how to set type, or dance or speak
French, or to calculate eclipses.
These different things and many
more are each and all of consider
able Importance. But the central
and all-important necessity is that
he shall learn how to live. If he
knows this, he will easily learn
how to speak French and how to
calculate an eclipse when the time
comes.
Now there are schools where,
while a boy is learning that eight
quarts make a peck and four
pecks make a bushel, he is so
taught and so learns that at the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-19
HAVING A PURPOSE IN LIFE.

Ambition to achieve has saved
many a man and woman from an
early grave. From health point
of view a definite purpose in life,
something which the mind is bent
on accomplishing, is factor which
is too rarely considered. The will
power which holds one to a set task
wards off physical
weakness and WEAKNESS better
than the drug and medicine which
the physician prescribes. II must
accomplish this before l die" has
been the expressed purpose of
more than one of the worlds great
workers. E. V. S.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-02
OBITUARY..
Rev. A. Toomer Porter, d. d.


Rev. A. Toomer Porter, D. d.. died
Sunday night at his residence at the
Arsenal at Charleston. The funeral
services were held yesterday afternoon
at the Church of the Holy Communion,
Bishop Ellison Capers officiating, as
sisted by other Episcopal ministers of
the city. The death of DR.. Porter re-
moves one of the oldest and best known
ministers of the Episcopal Church in
South Carolina. Born January 81, 1923,
in Georgetown county he completed his
education at Mt. Sion Academy at
Winnsboro, and after a short exper-
fence in mercantile life, began his pre-
parations for the ministry. He was
made a deacon in 1854 and was conse-
Grated by Bishop Davis the following
year. One of his early activities was
the establishment of an industrial
school for girls, which was brought to
an end by the civil war. He was
most ardent and active advocate of the
cause of the South, was active in or
ganizing the Washington Light
Infantry company for the war
and went to the front as
its chaplain. He did splendid work in
nursing the sick as well as In render
ing religious consolation in which he
continued until his health broke down,
when he returned to Charleston, where
he continued actively in the same line
of work. In 1866, he determined upon
the establishment of a school for boys
and he Immediately began the work.
In 1879 the government turned over the
valuable arsenal property to him for
I educational purposes. The institution
was at first called the Holy Com
munion Church Institute but later was
named the Porter Academy and when
the military feature was added it be-
came the Porter Military Academy.
Thousands of boys have been educated
at the institution, hundreds of them
without expense. Large endowments
have been given the school from
Northern philanthropists to whom DR..
Porter appealed.
Dr. Porter rendered distinguished
service to his church. He attended
many of the most important councils
and conventions and he always had a
prominent part in the discussions and
his advice and counsel were given the
consideration which were due. He
received many flattering calls to
churches, but he declined them, pre-
ferring to labor in Charleston.
The Porter Military Academy and
the extensive improvements at the ar
senal grounds are the best monuments
of the able, earnest and painstaking
labors, which were crowned with so
fnnph S1IcppgS
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Mr.. BrantIey Is After Rural DeIiv-
cry Notwithstanding Wilson Will
Visit savannah and Brunswick.

Washington, April Representative
Brantley has been informed by Super
intendent Machen that a special agent
will commence work in his district
April Is. There are some twenty-five
applications for rural delivery routes
now on file from Mr.. Brantley's dis
trict.
Representative Adamson to-day in
troduced a bill authorizing the Column
bus Eufaula and Gulf Railroad Com
pany to construct a bridge across the
Chattahoochee river between the
towns OF Columbus, Ca, and Eufaula,
Ala. Navigation rights are amply pro-
tected in the bill and the Secretary of
War will pass on the plans for its
construction.
After absence on business in his dis
trict Representative Carter Tate re-
turned to Washington to-day.
Postmaster General Payne to-day or
dered the establishment of sub-station
No. 5 at Augusta, the service to COM
mence July l.
Representative Brantley to-day re-
ceived assurances from Secretary Will
son, that he proposes to visit Savan-
nah and Brunswick in connection with
his "trip to Charleston with President
Roosevelt.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-02
COFFEE TOOK 1T.
Robbed the Doctor of His Cunning

Robbed the Doctor of His Cunning.
Il was compelled to drink some Java
coffee yesterday morning and suffered
so much from it's effects that / feel
like writing you at once.
l am 81 years old, and for a great
many years have been a coffee drinker
My nerves finally got into a terri
BILE condition and for about two years
l suffered with sinking spells and was
so nervous that it seemed as though /
could hardly live. | suffered untold
agonies. Ny heart would stop and my
kidneys gave me no end of trouble
About six months ago / gave up
coffee for coed and began using Pos
tum I insisted on knowing that it
was properly made by being sufficient
ly boiled, and I prefer a cup of rich
Postum to Java, Mocha or any other
coffee.
My sinking spells have left me, my
head gives me no trouble now, the
kidneys are greatly improved, and in
fact, feel a great change in my whole
body. 1t is such comfort to be well
again.
/ know physician,~in San Antonio
who had become so nervous from the
use of coffee that his hand trembled
so badly that he could not hold a
lancet, or even take a splinter cut and
could scarcely hold anything in his
hand. Finally he quit coffee and be-
gun using Postum. Now the doctors
nervousness Is all gone and he Is in
good health" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-02
RIVER is FIVE MILES WIDE.
Serious Damage Done by Pearl Riv-
err In and Around jackson, Miss

Serious Damage Done by Pearl Riv-
Jackson, Miss, April AFTER a rise
of forty feet since last Thursday Pearl
river is stationary, having risen only
two inches last night. The river is now
four or five miles wide at jackson. It
is higher than ever known and has
done incalculable damage to farmers
and stockmen. Backwater from the
river covers the Illinois Central tracks
near Bryan, and the last train to go
south got through last night. Illinois
Central trains from Memphis to New
Orleans came 10 Jackson over the
Frisco system via Holly Springs and
from Jackson via Natchez over the
Mississippi Valley road.
The Alabama and Vicksburg has five
miles of track under water on the other
side of the river from this city and
three miles of roadbed is torn up.
The Gulf and Ship Island road is in
about the same fix and their bridge
here is damaged. There is six feet of
water over the track on the Rankin
side of the river.
Nearly every industry in Jackson is
stopped and hundreds of workmen are
idle because of the breakdown in the
waterworks. The pumping station is
at least twenty feet under water. Stor-
les of distress from the Pearl river
valley are reaching Jackson, and relief
parties will probably be sent out.
jackson proper is in no danger, but
low places in the suburbs are from one
to ten feet under water. and hundreds
of families have moved to high ground.
The waterworks company succeeded to-
day in rigging up an extra pump and
is supplying drinking water only.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-02
HELD PEACE CONFERENCE.
National League Magnates Confer
with Nick Young as Chairman,
and Discuss Schedules.

and Discuss Schedules.
New York, April 1.-The National
League baseball magnates tonight be-
gan at the Fifth Avenue Hotel what
has been termed a peace conference.
1t was very late before the meeting
began.
The meeting was called to order by
N. E. Young. There were present, A.
H. Soden and w. B. Billings of Bos-
ton: Col. John /. Rogers and A. j.
Reach, Philadelphia; F. A. Abel,
Charles Ebbetts and Ned Hanlon,
BROOKLYN: Andrew Freedman of New
York: James Hart of Chicago; Bar
ney DreyfuSs and Harry Pulliam of
Pittsburg: John 7. Brush of Cincin-
natl; Frank DeHaas Robinson of st.
Louis.
The presence of z. B. Talcott, for
sner owner of the New York Club, at
the hotel during the day, gave rise to
considerable speculation.
The meeting adjourned in an hour,
and according to President Young, was
perfectly harmonious. Mr.. Young said
the magnates unanimously chose him
chairman of the meeting, and at once
took up the matter of playing sched-
ule. Three were submitted one by
1liiioSll' OilS ny iNODAiioOii VI ST.
and another by Ebbetts of Brooklyn.
Another session will begin at . O'Clock
tomorrow.
A. G.. Spalding was not present to-
night.
John NJ. Ward. Alfred Riddle. Col
John 1. Rogers and Mr.. Northrup, coun-
sci, respectively, for the Brooklyn
Club, A. G. Spalding and the Philadel-
pha and Pittsburg clubs, held a con-
ference at the hotel tonight and de-
cided to take an appeal from Justice
Truaxs decision in the baseball in
junction case. which overruled Spald-
tng's demurrer to the complaint in the
injunction suit.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-02
WILL VOTE ON CLEO BILL.

Senator's Continue to Discuss the
Rights and Wrongs of the Meas
ure-Bailey Begins Speech in OPP
position.
Washington, April IAN agreement
was reached by the Senate to-day that
final vote on the pending oleomarga-
rine bill should be taken before ad-
journment on next Thursday.
The debate upon the measure was
continued throughout to-days session.
Mr.. Heitfleld of Idaho opposed the bill
because he believed that. it proposed to
drive the oleomargarine industry to the
wall. He strongly advocated the adop-
ton of the substitute offered, as that
would eliminate the possibility of fraud
as certainly as the pending measure
would and would do no injustice to
anybody.
Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire ad-
Vocated the bill because it was, he said,
a protest against fraud and against an
industry (which depended for its sue
cess upon duplicity and dishonesty"
Mr.. Spooner of Wisconsin made an
extended legal and constitutional argu-
ment in support of the measure, ie-
claring that Congress had power to
Tx OieOndESdTlne- he dCCOIueO II
his support, he said, because such a
tax~in his opinion was in the interest
of the whole people.
He characterized oleomargarine as
healthful product and therefore
legitimate article of commerce. If
the bill were enacted into law, he be-
lieved that the production of oleomar-
garine under the flag of fair play
would increase rather than diminish
He declared that if the proposed tax
of 10 cents pound upon colored oleo-
margarine was not sufficient to deter
the manufacturers from imposing upon
the consumers, Congress in the future
would have to find another remedy.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas began a speech
in opposition to the pending bill He
agreed in the main with most of the
propositions of law laid down by Mr..
Spooner, but took issue with him on
some of them as to the facts of the
controversy rather than upon the law.
Mr.. Bailey maintained that if the
purpose of the bill was to prevent
fraud, it was unnecessary as the states
of the Union had ample power to do
that. 1t was evident that the real
purpose of the bill was to tax out of
existence the oleomargarine industry.
Mr.. Bailey will continue his speech
tomorrow or Thursday.
The Senate at 4:4o D. M, went into
executive session and at 5:45 p. m. adj
journed.