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The Adair County news., 1906-06-27

The bill providing for a lock
canal was passed by the Senate
last week and an appropriation
Of $25, 900, 900 was made to Iu III
the work. There was a great eff
fort made to bring about this
legislation on the part of the
President and shows his tremend-
Gus power over our National Leg
islature. In the face of the adj
vice of the Canal Committee and
the most skilful expert engineers
for a sea-level ditch the Presi-
dent had his own theory and
with threats of veto power and
cooling measures succeeded in
securing the plans he desired. It
is not our purpose to state who is
right, for we are strangers to the
true merits of the one over the
other, but the seemingly unlimit-
ed power the President exercises
is sufficient to be alarming to the
great common people. In the en-
tire history of our country no
other Chief Executive has so
thoroughly controlled the legisla-
tive department of our govern
ment and no other has ever so
thoroughly marked it's metes and
bounds. Mr.. Roosevelt has ex-
ercised his powers to a remark
able degree, performing in a fear
less manner the rightful duties of
his station and at the same time
debating to Congress in minute
detail what should be done and
what should be omitted. No
amount of evidence against his
judgment, no number of able men
in concurrent opinion have led
him from his fancies; and persis-
tent, determined and uncompro-
missing in his demands, Congress
seemed to bow to his DEGREES.
Whether it is the weakness of
our National Legislature or the
extraordinary powers of t h e
President over his party .associ-
|ates is question for the people
The Adair County news., 1906-06-27

We had the pleasure one day
last week Of going over the farm
with Mr.. James Hughes, o f
Blairstown, Mo-, where he was
born and where his father lived.
We also took a drink of water
out of the spring where his father
and mother had drank in days
gone bye. We then went to
where the old house stood, where
his father died. Nothing could
The Adair County news., 1906-06-27

Lone Star state in a few days.
Aunt" Sis will spend the time
visiting while Mr.. Nell is pros
pecting.
Mr.. Jeff Creel, of Royse City,
Texas, was in our midst a few
days of last week, and reports
our county much improved in the
last twenty years.
Rev. G. Y. Wilson and wife
will attend District Conference
at Monticello, next week.
Rev. James DeBoard, of Cow
ington, was shaking hands with
his manyI friends in our city a
few days of last week.
Mr.. ]. A. Diddle and wife, in
company with Mrs. Sue Ella
Robinson of Holden, NO., and
Miss Sallie Diddle, of Columbia,
enjoyed the hospitality of Mr..
and Mrs. S. D. Caldwell, of Port
land, few days last week.
Mr.. Girls Stephens sold his last
years crop of tobacco to Mr.. ].
F. Pendleton for Sc. so per humid
red to be delivered at Green's
burg in hogsheads. The crop is
estimated to be 10000 pounds.
Mr.. Al Pedigo passed through
here the first of the week with
several mules that he bought at
Columbia at fancy prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Walker, of
Columbia, were the guests of j.
A. Diddle and family the first of
the week.
Your reporter is just in receipt
of a letter from H. T. Baker
formerly of Adair county, but
for the last twenty-five years has
been located in the state of North
Carolina, near Chalotte. We
were certainly glad to know that
our old friend and school mate is
doing so well. He has b e e n
teaching for twenty-five years.
The only reason he could assign
for not being with us at the home
coming was on account of his
school. He also has a good farm
located in the rich soil of his
state. We can say, as we have
said in the past the Adair county
boys will come to the front.
Several of the young people of
our city and Columbia gathered
at the beautiful home of Mr.. G..
7. Flowers last Wednesday after
noon to extend the hand of con-
graduation to the bride and
groom (to-wit) Mr.. and Mrs. G..
T. Flowers, Jr., of Columbia, and
to help partake of the good and
bountiful repast that had been
prepared for the occasion. The
evening was delightfully."- spent,
and will be remembered for time
to come by everyone present.
Gov. J. R. Hindman, of Co.
lumbia, and DR.. Geo. Taylor, of
Chicago, Ill.,, made our town a
visit last Saturday. The DIR. in
formed us, and it was gratifying
to us, too, that this section of the
county had made great improve
ments in the last few years;
everything had a tendency for
improvements.
Caleb McEarly, formerly of
this county, but movtd to Texas
with his father and mother some
twenty years ago, is here visiting
relatives and friends. During
Mr.. McEarly's life he was totally
The Adair County news., 1906-06-27
WE'D, JUNE 81, 1906.

OOVSII1OI OCCA11dlu . 4OA ulcAA
announcement of his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination
. for United States Senator so clear
ly indicates a desire for a free
and fair expression of the voters
as to whom shall be honored,
makes his announcement worth a
great deal to the. advancement of
his ambitions. The fact is that
his announcement is without a
flaw both in language and in evil
dence of patriotism. He states,
in substance, that he claims no
support by reason Of service as
Governor of Kentucky, that the
State is indebted to no one. He
asks for the nomination on the
high plane which all along has
characterized his efforts in seek
ing political honors and which has
given him a tremendous hold on
the good will and wishes of the
the rank and file in every nook
and corner of the State. The
Democrats have long ago tired of
unsavory methods used by poll
ticians to gain an advantage and
when the position of the Govern
or is fully known to them it will
warm up his friends and add
many new ones who are willing
to support and advance ambition
backed and entrenched in honest,
open methods. Below we repro
duce his announcement which
showssIin no unmistakable Ian
guage that true courage is a
powerful factor in the makup of
the Governor and that he seeks
onlya fair, square deal. 1t is as
follows:
To the Democrats of Kentucky: Your
State Executive Committee has called a
primary election for November 6 to
nominate candidate for United States
Senator and also for candidates for the
State Offices, to be elected next year,
and wish, therefore, to submit to you
my candidacy for the nomination as
Senator. You are to be congratulated
that your party committee has determin-
ed that all these contests should be de-
cided by primary election and that the
people themselves should have the op-
portunity by direct vote to select their
candidates for these offices. 1t is the
fairest and most satisfactory method of
choosing party nominees, it constitutes
each voter his own slate maker, and
gives every.candidate the best possible
chance to establish whatever claim he
has beforeSthe people. The call for this
primary was made five months before
the election next November and surely
that should be sufficient time for any
candidate to make his campaign, espe-
cially so when the season from now on
is the most adaptable for such work.
have always been in favor of the pri-
mary plan and have never aspired to
a public office that did not prefer to
submit my canadacy to the direct vote
of the people. Such is the case now,'
and heartily endorse the action of your
committee in deciding that your next
Senator shall be chosen by a fair and
honest primary. My reliance and hope
are directly upon you. / do not make
the boastful claim that the Democratic
party owes me anything; it owes moth
ing to any man. If my services in the
past have been worth anything to either
they should net be considered as estab-
ishiag any obligation to me, but should
3simply be measured 81 ! critefiento'ds-
termine whether orppt I can be Of fur
The Adair County news., 1906-06-27

be seen save the mound where
the old rock chimney stood andaa
large plumb tree yet stands. It
was here that MIR. Hughes cut
a cane to take back to Missouri
to his wife and children as a relic
of his birth place. Though he
was only seven years of age
when he left, but his memory is
bright about everything on the
old farm.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
Nnt aIIIn Lie Ar

The incident below-which Daniel
Colt Gilman, Ii. D.. late president of
Johns Hopkins university. incorporat-
ed in his sheaf of remembrances, 1.-THE
Launching Of a University and Other
Papers" not happen Mt the pres,
ent time when each new institution of
learning has its millionaire Sponsor
1t belongs TO the pioneer period of ed.
ucation when starting college meant
breaking the wilderness.
A gentleman. President Gilman says,
once introdaced himself to DR.. Day,
then president Of Yale. as chancellor
of western state university.
How LARGE faculty have you"
President Day inquired, with genuine
interest.
"Not any" answered the western
gentleman
Have you any library or build
in~sT
Not vet"
Any enGowuient?"
"To~e."
"What l@ee yon. thenT persisted
Pre- ilant ray
Thu visis r's conference h"p~h'pu.
cd I'VE have n very good charter"
said he.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

CLAY CLEMENT AS HE LOOKS OFF THE
STAGE AND AS HE LOOKS IN THE ROLE
OF SAM HOUSTON.
woundng his antagonist. In 1929 he
left his wife. He had married Miss
Sumner an ariStocratic southern beau
ty, but for some reason they were not
well mated, and he separated from her,
making no explanation except to pro-
test that nothing could be said against
her character. On account of his mat
rimonial disappointment he resigned
his office as governor, abandoned his
profession and even civilization and
went to live with his old friends, the
Cherokee Indians 1t was the rise of
the Lone Star republic that after
lapse of some years brought him back
to activity in the worlds affairs. He
was elected commander in chief of the
Texan army and led the forces of the
new republic at San Jacinto. where the
massacres of Alamo and Goliad were
avenged. This victory put the Mexi-
can dictator, Santa Anna. in the power
Of the Texans, and but for the farsee-
ing craftsmanship and magnanimity of
Houston he would have paid with his
death for his cruelty to them. Houston
was twice governor of the Lone Star
republic. Once the Texan congress
passed a bill making him dictator, but
he vetoed it.
In 1910. having been divorced from
&c. r,;o
ret Moffette Lea, poet with whom
he lived in loving harmony for twenty
three years, or until death parted them,
and by whom he had eight children
1t was largely a result of his efforts
that Texas in 1915 came into the I'm
ion, and for fourteen years thereafter
he served in the United States senate,
along with statesmen like Webster
and Clay and Calhoun. Houston
was from first TO last a Unionist,
though he sadly acquiesced in the &C.
ton of his state when the issue of
arms had been raised. He was chosen
governor of the state i'm 1859, but was
deposed in 1861 for refusing to take
the oath Of allegiance to the Confed-
eracy. He retired to private life and
died at Huntsville, Tex. in 1868 Hous-
ton was several times voted for at
conventions as a candidate for presi-
dent. His last years were pathetic. In
the drama Mr.. Clement presents him
as he sat in the capitol AT Austin
wrapped up in his Navajo shawl, Il
venerable hero. When he learns that
the fratricida war is on the old man
tells them that his heart is broken.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

in a set u which MRS. JONES WIsTER.
Mrs. Walker has never been able to
effect an entrance. On this accou t
and also because Mr.. Weightman at
one time showed a partially for Mrs.
Wister d quarrel arose between the
two women, or, rather, i'll concealed
dislike existed between them At the
time the testator and Mrs. Wister
We're on terms of close friendship he
made will in her favor. but after
ward changed II 50 as to bequeath
practically all his great fortune to his
daughter When the contest Of the
will was begun Mrs. Walkers attor-
neys produced in court a scrap of pa
per which caused a sensation among
the contestants Upon this paper the
late Mr. Weightman had written
statement about Mrs Wister and filed
it in his desk with his will What the
contents Of the paper were no one
would reveal. but on its production it
was at first given out that the contest
of the will would be abandoned Later
Mrs Wister announced that she would
continue the contest and that the pa
per benefited her side Of the case Mrs
Wister once told friends that Mr.
Weightman. after her husbands death,
proceedings witness to the will said
Mr. Weightman had told him she had
been the one to make the proposal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
American Universities Are
Best For American Boys
By President CHARLES

~ ERTAIN universities in Europe better than any in this
country FOR HIGHER WORK IN RESEARCH but
universities in the United States better fitted
train the American boy up the o twenty-five years
THAN ANY IN TIE WORLD
COUNTRY IN
THE UNIVERSITIES KEEPS UP TIE coM1iTIoNs
GETS OUT OF TOUCH WITH These
CONDITIONS IF EDUCATED ABROAD.
made special study Of three unver ete University j
Geneva tic University Of London and the University Of Madrid
find that the universities reflect the character f their time and their
country. If country prosperous then the university prosperous.
Il the country prosperous then the universities suffer The
asgevenes Of the universities THE SYMPTOM Of the aggres
sveness Of their country, and vice
The university Of Spain low ebb because Spain low
ebb Spain exhausted country both in respect its people and
its resources, and its universities reflect this condition.
The University Of Geneva and all Swiss universities of
refinement and culture The University of London fedora
ton Of many schools, TYPE OF THE WORLDWIDE INFLU-
ENCE OF LONDON.
also visited universities Freburg, in southern Germany;
Berlin and Oxford and the provincial universities Brmng
ham, Sheffield Leeds Manchester and Liverpool These provincial
universities the whole creations They have SPECIAL
PURPOSE in mnerng their municipal needs and charac
ter emphasizing scientific and medical their of
study
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

taken full advan-
tage. Miss Anglin
Is a Canadian by
birth, the daughter
of the Hon. Peter
.Anslin. for many
years a member Of
the Dominion par
lament and said to
have been the most
brilliant II @ m b e +
who ever graced
that a 5 5 e N b ! Y.
Dame Fortune or
dained that Miss
q.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND
STEAMERS LEAVE BAL1IMORE :
PIERS is AND 10 LIGHT STREET
WHARF.

On and after Saturday, December -nu
the daily service of the YORK R'c9 ~
tween BALTIMORE, WEST POINT anu =
MOND, VA. will be discontinued anu
urther notice, steamers will be orera g.,
tri-weekly service, leaving BALI N.Y. MN
Tues lays. Thursdays an Salu ir',iN r
o'clock p. NJ. and leaving WEST f9 J;..;a =
on Mondays, Wednesdays ana fli'''
$50 O'Clock p. NJ.
Under this service landings on Oh, !, ny "
River will be made at GLOUCtSl h,s : i /
CLAY BANK and ALLM ION D.S, tNei' :
each direction (weather permitliusJ :,
The landing at YORKTOWN WIN y
continued until further notice,
Through Tickets to all points may ~ ~
ed, baggage checked and stalef"oi''ap alti
from the CITY Ticket Offices. " +, III ,'g'
street, ARTHUR w. ROBSON, ~ oaic,
Baltimore street, or the Genera
Light street, Baltimore Nd,
e. i. CHISM, REUBEN -, -,
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gehei'i
T. II. MCDANIEL
Assistant General Passenger As'''
may 25-ly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
Brnye or RccI<Iesa3

When a young man on a small SAL
airy and with the future very uncer.
tain gets married we claim he is as
reckless as If he jumped into water
and couldn't swim. The romantic may
call it courage. but it is pure reckless.
uess.-AtchisOn Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

the initiative of the
German emperor,
who thou ght il
would be a good
idea to institute q
system of exchange
between professors
in German and
American institu-
tons of learning
and in this way TO
bring the scholars
ana students of the
two nations in
closer contact and
SynlDatby In az.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

dial. Mrs. W'ister
was the widow of a
son of Mr.. Weight
man when She mar
ried her present
husband She I'M
dertook to break
the will of the
millionaire in order
TO get a share of
the $G0,0oo.000 es
tate for her minor
daughter. She be-
longs to one Of the
old families Of Phil
adelphia and moves
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

ever. the imperial
government decided
not to accept his
resignation, but to
continue him in Of
fee.
Sir Chentung was
educated in Ameri.
ca and is the most
American minister
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
Where Our Universities
Fail of Their Purpose
Professor w. W. POWELL University of Minnesota

is highly questionable if modern schools doing as
much FOR CULTURE did those Of a generation ago
- The little American college, with its unadulerated classical
the female seminary the select school, and
the common school Of earlier days did LITTLE FOR LEARNING
but much for and manners
The American university in its present estate being merely the
American college multiplied by twenty make little claim
superior advantages for culture But hopeful
be that the American university SLOWLY ascending
higher level.
When it shall have regaed the secondary school the ee
mentary studies of its first years will be liberated for its proper
work
SECONDARY SCHOOLS THUS ENLARGED AND ELE
WAITED, CULTURAL STUDIES
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

Anglin's babyhood 'i-Ni'''11 ''t- : a ''i-iN
should be out of the ordinary, for she
was born in the house of parliament in
Ottawa, Canada. during her fathers
term as speaker. Her girlhood was
spent in Canada her first visit to the
United States being to the Worlds
fair at Chicago Her first appearance
on the stage was with E. H. Sothern.
Her portrayal of the part of Hester
Trent in "Zira" at the Princess thea
ter, New York, won her a reputation
as one of the foremost emotional ac-
tresses of the American stage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

The Chinese ideas about ancestor
worship and veneration for the dead
are so important part of the religious
and social framework of society in that
empire that when a short time ago
death came to the mother of the Chi
nese minister to the United States, Sir
Chentung LANG Cheng, he Immediately
rendered his resignation of his office
This he did in order to go into mourn
ing for a period of three years, as re-
quired by the customs of his country.
On account of the undesirablity of
changing the representative of the EN-
pire at Washington at this time, how
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
Hhe Rnnr,s Hnn,I

The great event of the old Christmas
dinner four or five hundred years ago
was the entry of the chief cook bear
ing the boars head, garnished with
rosemary
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

Professor Hermann Schumacher. who
recently arrived in this country to give
4 course of lectures at Columbia uni
versiry. is the Incumbent Of the chair
of economics at the University of
Bonn Ills giving instruction At Co
lumbia constitutes a new departure in
scholastic affairs and IS largely due 10
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

CHEN IN LlANG the CHlneSe gov
cHENG. ernment ever sent
to Washington. He thinks his country
men are much misunderstood in the
United States and on that account are
more ridiculed and looked down upon
than they ought to be. Speaking Oh
the subject to an American audience he
once said: Il have become thoroughly
convinced that my countrymen will
never succeed among you until they
make up their minds to master the Eng
lish language and participate much
more freely in the life and habits OF
your people Tie gross ignorance of q
knowledge 81 English among my coun
trymen who are nere to stay is especial
ly to blame for the way they are dis
liked-and. | must confess. too Otter
looked upon with contempt-by the
American people. If my countrymcr
would each and all master your Ian
guage they would soon make their true
worth appreciated by Americans as
well as eradicate that air of inquisitive-
ness with which you regard u.s.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

WANTED.-FIFTY THOUSAND Cross,,es
are wanted for the Washington. Fred
erick and GetNshur, Railwa, Cornna,,y
ror particulars, specifications and blank con.
tracts, address the undersigned
CHARLES c. WATERS.
Secretary,
aug D ioOou. Frederick, NJ
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

1t is a peculiar situation of family
affairs that is revealed in the contest
by Mrs. Jones Wister of Philadelphia
of the Will of the late William Weight
man. her father-in-law. There is much
mystery about the case. and the feel
ing between Mrs Wister and the
daughter of Mr. Weightman, Mrs.
Anne Weightman Walker. to whom he
left his fortune, is anything but cor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

John b. Moran. Democratic candidate
for governor of Massachusetts, who
won his nomination for that office on
his record as district attorney of Suf.
folk county the county in which Bos.
ton IS situated, had to put up with
good many privatons when he was
getting started in his profession. His
father wanted to help him through col
lege. but John refused aid. He wanted
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

plan. Columbia sent Professor John W.
BURGESS Of its faculty to Germany to
lecture for one Year at the University
of Berlin. and he occupies while there
what is known as the Theodore
Roosevelt profeSSorShip." On the 9TH
er hand. DR.. Schumacher is Kaiser
Wilhelm professor" at Columbia The
father of Professor Schumacher was
once the German consul general at
New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

In speaking TO h!S comrades on the
subject Of c3u-tShip and marriage Gen
erIi Booth the famous head of the
salvation Army. often relates the story
OF his first love
y was only boy at the time" he
says, and the girl whom I worshiped
was the daughter OF ueighbor Her
figure. her eyes, her hair. her DISPOSE
ton. brought me 10 the verge of dis
traction. imagined loved her mad
". wrote poetry and dreams and
nonsense in general. and yet two crea-
lures more unlikely TO be usefully yok-
ed together never looked love at each
other OF course we both soon forgot
our infaiuation, and il has always been
a source of thankfulness since 10 think
that that sens eiess calf love did not
develop into disastrous matrimony at a
later date"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02
WANTED.

Represent4 tive in own community. $4,000
capital r quired Goo sal re to right marty
Bona tide real estate proposition. Address.
NEW MARTINSVli LIE IMPROVEMENTS %
Steelton
u' w. Va.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

Miss Margaret Anglin. the actress
who recently caused the arrest of an
Objectionable and persistent admirer.
is playing this season in The Great
Divide with Henry Miller. and both
the play and Miss Anglin have made
a hit The drama affords her emo
tional opportunities of which she Gas
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-02

ERTAIN universities in Europe better than any in this
country FOR HIGHER WORK N RESEARCH, but