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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-05

The County Court on first Monday i
January had very strenuous day.
The Court House Committees report
and other routine business, it seemed
would require two days session but the
squires by diligence and earnest work
completed the work in one day. The
County Superintendent made applica-
ton for salary for the present year of
$1,000. He made a strong appeal to the
Court and showed that he was the only
official of the County who was required
to possess qualifications" for the place
before election was possible, He stated
that he had spent more than the County
had paid him for the years work lust
passed and said that there could be no
sound reoson advanced why that he
should be pauperized and other officials
well paid.
1t was the general sentiment of the
Court that the County Supt. was too
poorly paid and that the salary should
be increased but the Court was unpre-
pared to vote such large increase Of sal
AIRY. Several Justices were heard to say
after the court adjourned that the salary
asked should be granted as the Comfy
should have the very best service in the
capacity of Superintendent and all the
people agree that the work Of the Supt.
has been great success this year The
Superintendent i'll asking for his salary
to be increased dealt frankly with the
Court. He read a letter from State
Supt. which he stated was solicited by
him not in terms but that he had asked
an expression of opinion from him a,
to the ACCESSIBILITY Of him asking raise
in salary The letter in reply stated
that he believed that the court should
pay $1,000 He complimented the
County highly and said it led all The
counties of Tennessee in progress.
The Court would have .feadily have
voted the Supt. 5000 but he asked thai
this not be done~as he did not wish the
county to obligate him for that sum
Judging from the expressions of leading
4 people since the court has adjourned
there can be little doubt but what the
court will feel warranted in taking ac
ton favorable to the schools on thi,
question at its next term. The court
was highly patriotic in the matter ant
the only difficulty seemed to be the larg
increase in salary and the lack of tim
for consideration
The court seemed earnest and anxiou
one and all to do the very best but fel
that they should consider well befor
final action upon the matter The Sup
I assured the court of his appreciation
: and said he would do his best to serv
the school interests He stated that hi
reason for not accepting the 5000 wa
that he did not wish to obligate him
, self to put the public interest above hi
private business unless he desired to d
g so voluntarily nnless he was paid enoug
E to warrant his doing so.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-05
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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-05
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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-05
e. e. T. I c MNvre, ED1roRs.
Making Up Time.

The Democrat was "a hours
late with its Tuesday issue. We
have worked hard in the two
days allowed us to make up that
time, but try as we would we
could not quite do SO. We are
gaining alright though, as can
be seen in the fact that we are
less than II hours late this time.
We are sure we will be easily
able to make up this time before
the next Tuesdays issue. Few
l. people realize how much time
I'D work it takes to get UP a pa
per that they read in short
time. There is first of all the
preparation of copy. This is
done while the printers are dis
tributing the type of the last
issue, in so far as it is possible,
but must continue right up to the
press hour, if a paper keeps up
I'll the news. For example
rticle is being written only
II bSi6n TIE, fh6vI IIliIIand-
0DDefhocrats will begin
{ mailed at the post office.
Tier copy is prepared, the print
ers must go to work to set it up,
letter by letter, in type. Then
proof sheets are made of all this
type, which are read over and
mistakes marked and corrected,
When this is done, the making
upA forms takes great deal of
J time and skill, before they are
ready to put on the press, which
has been adjusted and made
ready for running. Then the
folding, addressing, making in
to bundles, etc for mailing takes
time and work. 1t would rea lly
be beautiful revelation TO most
y IN 70 come into this Office for
three days and see the evolution
Dof an Issue of the Democrat from
nothing to the finished paper.
If nothing more you would have
ever after an abiding respect for
the industry, amiability, and
Chaistian forbearonce of print
\ errnan. Now we want to call
your attention to the excellence
Of this issue, and when you have
admitted this fact and congratu'
lated us upon it (to YOURSELF
please make a mental note of il
and then see how much better
the next one will be. And when
you realize that, in the Demo.
crat you are getting a bigger,
better paper than there is any
where in Tennessee, in county
= twice the size of Lawrence, and
that this is your County's best
advertisement, is doing more Il
advance your interest than a
= other one thing, won't you 4
W. to help us? Won
to your neighbor VIII
E paper (if therS
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
The Act or the Avenger.

The attempt on the part of Con-
tractor Matthias Schnell TO embarrass
the city of Rock Island in retaliation
for its declination TO compromise in
the matter of the Twenty-fourth street
storm drain humbug is not surprising
when the well understood prompting
that has been back of Mr.. Schnell in
this proceeding is taken into consider
alton. No possible good could be serv
ed in embarrassing the city, except the
qualification of a indicative disposi-
ton. True il is, there are men on this
eaIth who would not hesitate to bring
hardship upon an entire community for
the at-a'nment of their own ends. or
for revenge in having failed TO attain
those ends.
IL may be admitted that more Sc
we're blow could not be struck at the
city than TO destroy its credit. which
is so essential part of its character
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Farnum. He suspected that YOU. or
derly, had seen his money belt and that
you, Mckenna. knowing of the pay
masters visit, had suspected he car
ried funds To Il company. You sent
him astrny to gain time. and YOU two.
disguised as Indians. robbed him. Me
kenna carrying out the deception with
what he knows of the Indian tongue
TO you. Farnum, | am indebted for
thinking the matter out and concocting
this plan for growing the facts aud re
gaining the money. You have made an
efficient Indian chief and acquitted
yourself so well that recommend you
for Il commission. Meanwhile take two
good men and carry the money where
it belongs. March these rascals back
to the gunrdhouse''
This happened years age. Colonel
Willard Farnum is now Il retired of
ficer. During his whole term of SerV-
ice he was spoken Of as the Indian
chief who got his commission by rob
bing q scout and his commanders or
derly. MORRIS WYNNE.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

and reputation. and the powers
in heaven and earth know that Rock
Island has suffered enough during the
past year through incompetency in the
mayors chair without having its fair
name further pulled down as the only
alternative TO compromising with
fraud.
On every possible occasion for years
this Twenty-fourth street ditch has
been persistently dragged up, by hook
or crook. in hopes of forcing the peo-
pie TO pay for it, Only recently il was
sought 10 tack it onto the great south
west storm drain. but failing in this
the last desperate extreme is resorted
to.
Either pay us now" say the storm
drain crowd. ''or we will 90 as far as
the law will let us toward killing the
town. We will stop payment of your
bills for waterworks and fire protec-
ton and for public improvements. We
will make our revenge fierce and last
ing
But The Argus is confident that
Rock Island is competent TO grapple
with this latest onslaught. There is
Il question of public policy and of pub
lie eXpediency. involved. to say moth
ing OF the paramount principle of re-
fusal To compromise with transaction
that has been stamped as a humbus.
And in the fulness Of time Rock Is
land will rise above all its present
hardships. everyone of them emanat-
ing from one source. the city's good
name coming out of the ordeal un
sullied and without taint. save from
unavoidable contact with unsavOry
elements.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Gossip has it that the Indebtedness
of royal bankrupt. Archduchess Clo-
tide of Austria-Hungary. the grand
daughter OF Louis Philippe. will occa-
sion heavy losses 10 great firms of jew
elers. milliners. cOstumers and money
lenders of Paris, who say the arch
duchess must have known years ago
that her investments at Budapest
would be u dead loss. She owes 81.
not, 600. The only hope of the credi
Jors is that Francis Joseph will pay
the foreign creditors rather than allow
the scandal TO grow.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
Rock Islands Humanity to Man.

No better index to the character of g.
people is afforded than i'll the re-
sponse they make TO humanity's ap-
peal In common with other cities
throughout the United States. Rock Is
land has been doing what it thought its
share for the relief of the doubly at
fiicted people of San Francisco. Ii has
perhaps not been making quite rs
much ado about the matter as some
other localities have. but il has been
quietly going ahead doing its part in
its own way.
The result is that passing through
the banks of this city to the relief OF
the San Francisco sufferers. are sub
scriptions aggregating close to $4,000
in addition to a car of supplies. This
is a showing equal TO any city in the
country of Rock Islands size. and con
siderably larger than many cities of
much larger population. The cash con
tributions have been sent quietly for
ward some of them 10 the mayor OF
San Francisco. some to the Red Cross
Relief society. and the bulk to the gov
ernor OF California. Subsequent drafts
will be sent where they will do the
most good according to the develop
ment of circumstances.
1t is magnificent response that Rock
Island has made TO the call of suffering
humanity.
Ii shows that when there is need
Rock Island is there and is capable
of doing its part modestly perhaps
but Handsomely
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

telliSence. He has. Don't make a mis-
take there. For instance, on the way
up the road | saw negro lad doing
beneath a tall cocoanut tree After
bOthering him with a few questions. |
offered him a quarter if he would
climb the tree and let me take his
photograph. The agility with which
he moved up that slim and slippery
trunk would have made the most eX-
pert monkey enviOus. | got the pic
ture. and the lad slid down again,
bringing with him a cocoanur, which
he rendered 10 me as a gratuity. With
his macheje he broke it open and then
laid ii on the grass before me. | went
10 pay him. but found | had nothing
smaller than half-dollar He said he
could get it changed at a near by house
and with the coin in his hand he dis
appeared through the door of a shack
about a hundred yards away. In mo-
ment he emerged. bringing with him
very foolish smile. With a painfully
apologize look he said:
The lady in the house. sir; she keep
the change for the cocoaEui.
How is that for high finance? | can
buy cocoanuIs in Washington or New
York for 10 cents. Yes; yes. the ia
maican negro is human. after all.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Queer things have happened in San
Francisco as the result of the great
calamity which has befallen the city.
For instance. weddings in great num-
bers have resulted therefrOm. Women.
driven out of their homes and left des-
tiTute. have appealed 10 the men with
whom they have been engaged. and
marriages have been effected by the
score. The number of licenses issued
by the county clerk has largely increas-
ed. The unexpected always happens.
and this was certainly an unexpected
reSnlf
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

trary rule that we have seen displayed
by some of the great combinations of
capital. His life has been spent under
the influence of railroad administra-
tion. and he fails 10 recognize the
rights OF individuals. He forgets that
he is now government otficial-a
servant of the public. spending public
money and using public time He does
not feel that the people are entitled
TO any particular courtesy or consider
alton He says he is there 10 dig the
canal and NOT To be pestered with pub
lie criticism.
| presented my card 10 Mr.. Stevens.
He glanced at il. and then AT me. He
did not prOffer his hand he did not
warm up. even to smile In cold.
deliberate manner he said:
Yes. you are about the siXtie5h
newspaper man that has been here 10
help me dig this canal"
What cordial greeting. that. |
started TO tell him | had troubles
enough of my own without essayinS
any canal work but he said something
about it being his busy day. So de-
parted for the more cOngenial atmos-
phere of the working people. And yet
of one critic Mr.. Stevens said: Why
did he not come TO me for information?
| could have corrected some of his mis-
apprehen sions.
But let us leave Mr.. Stevens and go
into the administration building. which
has just been opened for the transac-
don of business peri aiming directly TO
the canal digging. Here we find a ty-
pical government office. The clerks
a hundred or mOre-come and go the
same as in Washington or any other
place. There is an occasional clatter
of typewriters and a persistent mar
muir of voices There is an atmos-
phere of governmental industry. if You
know what that means. One industri-
Gus firm of American manufacturers
has plastered the canal zone with an
advertising placard that says: Buy
the Blank Blank Typewriter. 1t is be-
ing used by the canal commission in
preference to the steam shovel" Far
be it from me to commit myself as 10
whether or not this is base slander.
NY guide at Culebra was Lieutenant
Foley, an old Washington boy, who is
now in charge of the 19 policemen that
patrol the streets and camps IN this
thriving town. There are about 1900
laborers and 700 whites employed here,
all of whom constitute a considerable
community. Law breaking is rare,
and the offenses are insignificant as a
rule OF course. the negroes are only
human, and once in a long while seri
Gus trouble occurs. The law breakers
soon become stone breakers. however,
and in the Jail yard they spend many
days swinging sledge hammer on
unoffensive powders. They are well
supervised here. TOO, and there is nc
time for trips to dreamfand and the
leisure smoking of cigarets. It's case
of drill. ye terrier. drill. And its
work all day with no sugar in your tay
and it's drill ye terrier. drill" The ne
groes seldom return. as they do not
really enjoy the environs of the jail
yard.
This would seem to imply that the
Jamaican negro has some degree of in
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
Senator Pettus of Alabama. who is

Senator Pettus of Alabama. who is
81 years old but wants another term.
rode through to California on horse
back in 1919. served as a lieutenant in
the Mexican war and as n briSadier
general in the civil war and acted for
Z time as solicitor in his judicial dis
trict. He plays poker. chews tobacco.
drinks in moderation. carries a red ban
danna reads his bible. works hard.
has a fine vein of dry humOr-and
calls his wife sweetheart
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Winston Churchill. the English con-
vert 10 liberalism is making a reputa-
tiOn for sharp wit. His curt retOrt to
Il woman heckIer. Madam. | will not
be henpecked,' was the best thing of
the recent campaign. He is now rails
ing a mustache A fair lady was being
taken in 10 dinner by the budding poll
tician Mr.. Churchill she said. Il
like your politics as little as | like
Your mustache." 1t should have been
Il crushing shot. but not so to Church
ill., His reply was on the instant
Madam. you are not likely to come
in contact with either"
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
An Endless Chain of Prayer.

An endless chain of prayer, devised
by Rev J. p. Brushingham of the First
Methodist church of Chicago, to con
tinue FIVE years. and. as he hopes, 20
reach every Christian in the world
before the expiration of that time. has
been started by the postal card route
Recipients OF the cards are requested
to return them signed. and then Dr.
Brushingham will mail bundles to be
distributed by them to their friends.
He said in an interview recently:
Il an mailing 1000. 900 cards 20
MethOdists in all parts of the world
today. | expect TO do great work.
Every Christian of every denomina-
ton will be reached. The object will
be: For a special and glorious i'm
partation OF the Holy Spirit. prepar-
ing eacn one of us for holy living and
faithful service
There will be no officers of the
PRAYER League and no meetings will
be held. Each recipient of the postal
card is asked 10 become member and
TO pray daily either at the noon hour
or some other convenient time along
the three lines suggested until Jan,
/, 1911.
THE league expects to secure a
membership upward of 10000 within
the prescribed five years, and at the
end of that time another campaign
will be inaugurated. The league plans
to spend $4,000 on postage alone at
the opening of the campaign. and at
least s.. 900 more
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

ST. Louis Republic: The war that is
raging among the republicans of the
Illinois legislature in their special Ses
sion is simply a continuance of that
which was openly declared between
the Yates-Deneen and the CullOm-HOp-
kins- Cannon factions when Mr.. Yates
began his whirlwind campaign for the
senate. Peace between these factions
is impossible while the senatorship is
unSpftIed
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Beautiful women can have the best
things in the world. for there is none
so inhuman as to refuse anything to
pretty woman. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea makes beautiful women.
So cents. T. II. Thomas pharmacy
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

What good does II do you to eat IL
your stomach fails TO digest the food?
None. 1t does you harm-causes belch-
ing, sour stomach. fiatulence, etc.
When the stomach fails, little Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure after each meal will
digest what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet. All druggists
If health is wealth and money talks,
For so the proyerb runs.
a fortune you may plainly see
In taking Rocky Mountain Tea.
II II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
ey THE J. w. POTTER co.

TERMS Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
tiOn. No such articles VIII be prihteu
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Americans are sending money for
the relief of famine sufferers in Japan
and now the mikado sends 100000 for
rhe relief of San Francisco. II would
be odd if The money should meet half
Ktay
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Things look squally for John Alex
ander Elijah Moses Jehosaphat Dowie
but he may claim. with truth TO have
raised this particular squall himself.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

than :: CulCbra. Most OF the en%in-
GERS are negroes and so are the fire
men. They are all. ambitious, work
well. and from all was able 10 learn
are giving perfect satisfaction. There
are many phases to the labor question
on the canal zone. and many eXcep-
tions TO any rule one may care 10
adopt.
WOODWORTH CLUM.
Now good digestion waits on appe-
tite. and health on both" If il doesn't.
try BuTdock Blood Bitters.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

1t is a mighty good thing that the
city got its appropriation off 10 the
San Francisco sufferers early, or the
hungry Twenty-fourth street storm
rain crowd might have attached il.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

A we leave CUleAIa. let us take a
glimpse a The machine shop and the
roundhouse. where the engines used
to haul the work trains are kept III
good condition. Here we find the fore
man as black as the prOverbial mid
night. and naturally SO. for he is full
blood jamaican A. night the engine
come rolling ia;1 tGeir respective
berths. each With some variety of me
chanical ailment. The engineer of the
disabled steed calls loudly for the fore
man. He comes; the case is diagnos-
ed. the trouble asceTta,ned. and with
the deft fingers OF genius the foreman
repairs the damage.
Yet this fellow came TO the isrhmus
TWO years ago as a common laborer
and was paid al the munificent rate OF
50 per day. understand his salary is
now $500 a year. And he is one of
the men that really earns his pay.
There is no better place 10 study the
adaptability of the Jamaican negro
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
THE ARGUS.

published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue. Rock Island, Ill. I'm
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
Saturday, April %, 1906.

IL IS no evidence OF a city's bank
ruptcy because ii declines 20 pay dis
honest claim.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28

Rout the dives and kill the justice
shop system-and you hit the srafter
right between the eyes.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-04-28
CONDITIONS AS THEY ARE
ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

Continued from Page One.)
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-10-27

matters, especially to those interested, and we would urge everyone who has a homestead, or thinks of taking one tp, write 10 the Register of the U &. Land Office for a copy of that circular. It Is entitled Suggestions to home steaders, and persons desiring to maks homestead entries" There is funds of information in the little book and aIls of Ii is valuable to public lands claimants
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-10-27

forfeited his original entry prior to April 2e, 1904, for the reason that he was unable to perfect II because of some unavoidable complication in his business or personal affairs, or because he honestly mistaken In the character of the lands; but no such entry man Is entitled to make second entry f he repnqulshed his orlgi- nal entry for consideration.
 (d) Any person who has already made final proof for less than one hundred and sixty acres under the homestead laws may. fl he is otherwise qualified. make a sec ond or additional homestead en- try for such an amount of public lands as will, when added 10 the land for which he has already made proof, not exceed in the aggregate l6o acres.
 (e) Persons whose original en- tries have failed through no fault of their own may, under certain circumstances, be permitted to l. make second entries, if they have not relinquished their original en- tries for considerat lon. although there is no specified statute which authorizes the making of second entries under such circumstances. There are not many conditions under which second entries of this kind can be made and any per son who feels that he is entitled to make such an entry can only have that question determined by presenting an application to enter specified lands, and accompany that application by corroborated affidavit fully setting forth the grounds on which he claims that privilege. "
 It is apparent from the quotation made from the circular to which W nave referred that there are a numbe 'f points concerning the homestea aw, and especially in reference he residence and cultivation required hat are seriously mlsconstrued by tn general public. These are importar