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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-28

ment, and It has called forth new ex
| preston Of the unbroken spirit anC
undininIshed hatred OF the ole
Apache chief who for SO many years
has been close prisoner of the
United States at Fort Sill. in the
Apache reservation. He declares with
vehemence that he never did like the
white man and that he never will
The intense spirit of the great, swar
thy Indian chief was manifest in the
tightening of the cords of his thick
neck and the backward witch of his
head as he spoke.
No true Apache" he went on TO
say, likes the white man Why
should he? You have taken from MS
everything. You have made us pris.
oners of war for more than 20 years.
You have taken US from the only coun-
try We can live in and increase You
our little children suffer too, though
there is nothing you can blame them
with. The government has made
them no allotment of land, though to
all other Indians land has been given.
1T makes me feel bad in the heart"
Geronimo's tribe has dwindled TO
about 100. Where they formerly roy.
ed, marauding and pillaging, thous-
ands of white settlers have taken UP
land in the last five years.
A correspondent of the New York
World tells OF a visit paid to Geroni-
mos home" II was a rude brush
tent on Cache creek While the cor
respondent sat on a soap box. Geroni-
mo reclined on the other side of the
fire and talked through an Interpreter
Of the white man and the taking OF
the Indian lands.
Yes, have seen the white man In.
crease he said. Il have seen him
come out OF the East into my country
where there were no men except In
1ians. When | was a boy We went far
10 the south into Mexico (hc called
t Ma-hc-ko like Spaniard) when we
went TO kill white men and take their
attic. They have bothered us much
the white man lie calls US bad, tho
apache. but We have done only what
vas right. what our fathers, aud our
and our medicine men
the little girl translated II doctors. 2
which shows the reservation school
raining) taught us. We fought like
indians; We we're not afraid When
many were killed we we're sad in the
Ieart. but We did not talk much-we
we're Indians. Sometimes we got
much in Mexico. sometimes we lost
II. Sometimes We we're hungry In
he winter and sometimes we had
luch to eat and made many dances.
The white man fought with us
lore often than We fought with him.
Ie followed US. never stopping,
lways killing. He came more and
lore. White men always hunting
3. When We could fight no
lore. the white man always following
5, we made a treaty with him. He
aid he would take US with our women
nd children 10 a new country 10 I've.
;e went because VIC could fight no
.ore. They did not keep the promise
hey kept me many years alone
No, do not care how many white q.
en- come nov. You say look Young.
hat Is nice talk. but am an old man
IS years old. Oklahoma is not M
,untrv. Oklahoma IS not the home OF
.e Apache. We cannot live in this ,
,untry. We viii get smaller aud
Mailer. and then no more Apache
n No. I do not care hos many +,
bite men come here / do not see :
en-. do not think ! think Of my
IN country. where the mountains are
Id the air is dry and the sky is fus.
is there the Apache wants TO go.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-28
"A S E 6 z E T BALLO'
unaffected by Doodle influence is the on
method of determining
WHOM THE PUBLIC WANTS i
as its chief executive. Give your choi
and state your reasons if you wish.
"A Straw Shows Which Way the Wind Blow.

An opportunity presented to the people to express an
formal preference for the man who should as mayor
Greater Caro-to be elected at the coming municipal elect
April TO- next.
The contest originated entirely by and is exclusively IN
the auspices of The Buletn and subject TO the following
ditions:
saot-only regular published in
Bulletin will be
Your evidence positively win
be disclosed
State Addes-n order that
necessary
Give Your Ward-n order that the may
State the
made of the
whhed to be published connection with
ballot.
siding within the limits The capable
of what good civic should be vitality
flment
Vote will be
This is not scheme boost The Bulletins circulation
citizen Cairo eligible to the ma
atty election next April. - 4
Polling Piaces-Herman Pharmacy Co, washin,
NJ c. Metzge 1915 Washington avenue; L.
sacker Drug 3401 Sycamore
Announcement next Sunday m
ings Bulletin
The Bulletin serious
careful mpaaity
the which the announcement OF the ballot
This straw positively
1t is intended reflection administration
or prospective.
The finger public pulse evey
opportunity Of
absolutely by drastic
nuences of municipal elections Is the interest of the
the people.
your influence.
Cast ballot today
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-28
At Birds Point,

Water is still running over the Cot
Ton Belt embankment, half a mile or
more and from to II inches deep.
The new leyee, whore it joins the
Cotton Belt enbankment was said to
be washing badly and citizens were
working with much energy TO save il.
with good prospect of doing so. Ice
was due to reach there yesterday
which VIZ expected to complicate
matters, Birds Point IS inundated to
a depth OF several feet and people are
much ineonyenienced Serious dam
age is feared when the ice begins
20 run.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-28

more under previous high records
II is bought that changes in the bed
II Toe siIeam may account for the
estasf~
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-28
The WEATHER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Washington Forecast.

Washington, Jan. 27-Ilnois-Fair
Monday and Tuesday; light north.
west to north winds
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-28

Sixty year ago there Rerc 80 900
children p huoi in india Nov here
ere tg"a eoo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
A FIGHT AND A STAMPEDE

At place they had hardly begun their work when rife shots quick succession from the house the plantation. and there stampede. But the aim of the rfemen was bad. one was in- CTS went to another place repeat the gruhhing process.
 Indeed many them had expected bloodshed when they started that march. Wives and little were kissed the threshold as they arc by husbands going to Perhaps there would be reunion, but, then, there principle to be- fought for, they contended to themselves
 When the great ride completed tho raiders quietly dispersed going different ways to their homes, each satisfied in the knowledge that thousands of dollars worth of tobacco had been destroyed. -f the smaller growers this year have placed their to- bacco beds within gunshot of their homes, and. with the aid of faithful watchdogs. have been fairly cessfut in wardng off the raiders. have dumped into the Cumberland river hundreds hogsheads of tobacco which somehow escaped their notice until it had arrived at the wharves e,
 Hopkinsville, Nashville, Louisville and Paducah chief markets for the Dark Burley tobacco district which the southern and western part of Kentucky and extends into Tennessee. . typical plea their behalf Is this portion of coms municatlon to @ Lexington newspaper;
 "The western tobacco grower could have exercised his patience and submitted perhaps longer. but ha Massachusetts New York would have received prompt attention. Give the western night raider that his services are longer in order least he thinks his condition can be improved-and when honest effort is made in his behalf. his proverbiai generosity and fair-mndedness will be manifest-he will not complain
 that has been waged in Kentucky. only few years ago the in uproar over the depredationy of the notorious toilgate raders-simi1ar bands of masked and armed men who rode about in the night porations owning and maintaining the public htgft~ ways
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

SV HERE many Marylanders who remember
 former Governor Brown as barefoot farmer
 \ boy in Carroll county. They patted his tow
 head then and called him Frank; they slap him on the back now, still call him Frank.
 himself In course more time he married woman of wealth inherited fortune and found himself on the pleasant side of Easy street ,. s ,,.,.. what man south of Mason and Dxon's line hasn't? So here was an opportunity to indulge his natura tastes had appointed postmaster of Baltimore He made
 good postmaster Pretty soon was rumored that the masters ears-and wasn't being brushed away.
 Not pleasing information by any means to the Demo- and unblushngy bossridden state in the union ever Brown didn't suit them; he wasn't quite
 It had been a long time since farmer-just a and nothing eIsehad been governor of Maryland Brown CT Brown" was sent ringing throughout the state
 No need to dwell 'Pon the unique methods of the to the people This been singular feature of ali his political fights; he insists upon going before the Rf Row With abdat hlt great ana ana asking 'hem into secret room or down in cellar, If sary. to plan and push political moyements
 governorship despite the bosses He by the largest majority of recent years Four years later the popular demands making state nominations. As a jesuit. in 1885 Maryland was swept by the Republicans for the first time since the Civil War
 Four years later the two parties again found them- selves lining up state and city fights In the municipal election had been changed from fall spring 1t was generally believed that the carrying
 Thereupon ensued a mighty scratching searching the part of the Democratic leaders for prom of minority. Name after name was proposed dis cussed and rejected
 watching frenzied man-hunt and smoking big black cigars Finally he made a suggestion
 Now Thomas G. Hayes not beloved of the lead He had been state senator United States district
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

Finally the barns stocked with tobacco had be- come very much diminished in number owing to tho hrebug parties. Then a tactic tried
 The Raiders would swoop down upon a tobacco bed and grub" itthat is, 1t to pieces with hoes-tn such a manner that the young plants would be de- stroyed
 Not only the fields of independents but those of association members have been thus visited that 1t is impossible to place the blame in any certain quarter.
 Perhaps the most serious attack of this kind came the other night. when masked horseback. armed with garden hoes. and with revolvers hanging from their belts. made dash through Caldwell and Christian counties and scraped the tobacco beds of . dozen large growers.
 First, the raiders organized at a central meeting point in Caldwell county. People peeping from be- heath their slightly raised window shades could the grim cortege out in somber line toward the open country.
 Each man masked and armed; not 0 word spoken. by the leader. who rode black charger in the only the hoof told that thing out of the ordinary occurring.
 Slowly they until a farm belonging to of the men the prescription list reached. Then sudden turn made from the main road, were sunk Into the horses stdes the whole company charged the big tobacco beds: they did so each man brought into play long handled hoe. with which he tore the ground In addition to this. the horses hoofs did great damage to the soil.
 once work of destruction accomplished, the command given and the cavalcade again swept into the road and another farm. Az from the hills and forests. They had scented the charm of warfare.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

attorney city counselor and. the i'm, pacabe foe of the bosses No wonder the latter creo in remonstrance.
 No no; not Hayes"
 But Hayes had figured largely in framing the new city charter and MT Brown declared that he was the logical candidate. More than that he declared T am going his to the people and ask them what they think about 1t; M , ,.aoz
 "The people; the people; what-spluttered the bosses But Brown firm.
 'Yes the people, Who else has any right 10 seiece their canddate?" .....--
 So Brown presented Hayes to the Democratic voters and out, hands down, in the primaries lie also ensuing eection-by one of the largest ma jores of later days But four years later history re man of choice. and he pulled through by start lngly scant plurality ,, ,,-,. N, N.r oro
 After a year in office this mayor Robert M McLane' died suddenly and was by l.. Clay Timanus, president of second branch City Council and vice riavor of the city Now Timanus happened to be a Republican there fearful to-do in Democratic
 This brings the recital to the recent campaign in Bal timore and to Mr. Browns latest ana greatest aSie'e ment in mayor-nalSnS s-.-- .Ao .~,,. hI,,os who never falter following the petty, ward bosses great of independents who follow their own sweet wills rule. united in declaring that the strong es man to be secured needed head the municipal ticket Who was he where he to be found?
 frenzied search ensued. Already there were two candidates the mayoralty nomination in the field Hne was standng upon modified municipal-o ownership platform accused of being in reality. Socialist
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
A YOUNG MANS PRIZE

The man he selected the mayoralty nomination, J. Mahoo, had been thought of in that con- nection. Mahool hoping for but scarcely receive, the nomination for subordinate had had experience in municipal affairs as n member and president of branch of the City Council Brown thought he would do.
 One day Rasn (tor generation undisputed. ab- city legislaon) drop ped former Governor Browns office. E
 T have found the for mayor" said Mir. Brown.
 Who IS he?" asked MT Rasn
 'Mahool," said Brown, succncty.
 Suits me-" declared Rasin. briefly
 And the latest successful ticket in Baltimore was born, Frank Brown again the sponsor.
 Mind all this time the masses of the party openly ndorsng what called by some the attempted bossism of Mir Brown. All the city they and told him to go ahead "We will be satisfied with the man you pick. they declared; i've know you will do the right thing
 Well. Mir. Browns candidate Mahool and his run-s ming mates were triumphanty. overwhelmingly nom- mated in exciting three-cornered primary fight and trumphantly and overwhelmingly successful In the the greatest majorities of recent years sA
 Former Governor Brown is one of those placid in- dtvduals who rarely become rufed, He is keen judge of human nature and therein lies largely, the of the of right placed before the people in the right A strange idea in practical politics. isn't it?
 plans mistake political bosses make. rule. is In 10 it all themselves and never letting the people their confidence This recent movement in Baltimore movement of the people, and that was why the politicians did not understand it,
 Maryland will governor next fall and the then will name United States perhaps there is short and Iona term to filled Frank Brown, 1t Is believed, has only state mansion at Annapolis or to the Capitol Washingtous
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
5tatz Sets PriEn Hnad5 oF
 Nysterious Barn RurnET5

ILICKETY- -CLICKi CHckety-cHck! s@ CEckety-click! Like the sound of " approaching cavalry, rings or the still night air bortentons tattoo of clattering hoofs. IL becomes louder and louder, nntiI t resembles the noise of q battery in action. It is upon yonl
 What sUeird spectacle! From around the bend in the road, from out of the shadoso into the clear moonlight, charges company of men or horseback, .revolvers hanging from their belts, masks over their faces.
 No harmless night ribaldry is Mis. NO brigade on the battlefeld more serious, deter mined, than this group of tsUenty or thirty men, clad in farmers costume. They haVe stern business on hand. Clear their svay! Noso zOatch them as they charge over that field, surround that barn, pile excelsior about t, saturate t 1vith oil set it afre!
 And noao, sVtile the flames light I'D the countryside, see those men form cordon about the place, and, sOith guns dras0n, hold ct bay any one s0ho may haVe the temerity to approach The fames leap up, go higher and higher, burn Oith Vengefnl ferceness; they carry the aroma of tobaeco smoke far oVer the Iandscape.
 By and 6y the scork is done; the frebngs calmly besnide their steeds and gallop asOay doqcn the dusty road-not the 1Vay they came. bnt or to another farm, for there is more work of this kind to De done tonight.
 You haVe witnessed e Visit of the mystert- ons dreaded Night Raiders, the secret society sOhich is nogO terrorizing the state of Ken lucky, qchich has already destroyed, t is esti- mated, one-third of this season's tobacco crop in some sections of the state; yon have seen tile men or sVhose heads the goVernor of Ken- tacky has placed q re1Card of $500 apiece-a clan only lacking the pen of q ScoH to become subject matter for as romantic, as stirring re- citaL as "Marmion."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
G<"IE Night Raiders"
 An


 How the Kentucky farmer who is made
 \ an object their wrath shudders at that terrific warning which may come any night at any hour-the message which hundreds of people con- stantly expecting, yet dreading to hear.
 Who the Night Raiders and why their thrilling of disturbing that romantic southern country with those eerie rites of thers2 Are they feudiss in training, remnants the Klux. Dick Turpins but for the very deviltry of it?
 No. of these. Theirs is a very serious busi- Their bread and butter-or they contend these tactics. They fighting, not against fellow farmers, they say, but against condition. To understand why such organization this should spring in American state recollect in western and southern Kentucky, and in portions 4 Tennessee. tobacco growing is the main =.aintenance, and if it cannot be prohtably grown
 But once he has successfully grown a tobacco the buyer to see. And there is the trust to watch
 Suppose trust saves in its great warehouses from year to another enough tobacco to warrant comes to town to market his crop. What the :. Supply must govern the price. he is told, and if is one to force good price for his crops?
 n Whether or not such practice has been in vogue CTS believed they had such grievance O0. tb How combat the o h The trust of their own Only they didn't call it trust things done by tSs soeety for Re benen of ts me bers has been to build great warehouses and store ieved they could force the great tobacco buyers to Here were two. factions-the trust and the But there was another factor yet to be conjured ho usG se9 o & a Se 3 cided to sell their tobacco they pleased, @ SSs Rssn Rs od & S mernbsrs and S the independent t tobsecO growers
 Even in view of the well-known struggle between
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
eABso1UTE MASTER or A STATES POLITICS

The other plenty money to further his cause m was believed But neither thought to possess the strength needed for victory ..,o.
 So the search went Baltimore was with hne-ooh comb One man suggested dis@pleaseso @ s Independents in numbershe was too ciose v. Freeman Rasn, for the party boss m a oS removed from Mr. Raslnl ahu, ot course was not agreeable that gentleman The game of seek-there little hiding the part or snpposeo eigibles-progressed merriy. ..- ..
 All this time former Governor Brown, as before. sat in his smoking big black cigars Finally hs inl- patience broke loose. ,..... other representatives of the rank ana ne ''cannot your voters want and determine the strongest candidate for mayor sna & pe. out
 What followed surprising. .Go ahead" said MT. Rasin undisputed boss for years Go ahead sad 1ne and file of party stalwart and independent alike 'arhe man yous select will be satisfactory to us"
 So Brown ahead. He sent word to all the candidates inviting them to his office. They came,
 the situation over fully and care- fully. To each. without reserve Mr. Brown stated why draw? he asked the leading asprants No. they would not Very well, he would frame ticket and submit 1t to he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

tobacco"
 And the dispatch concluded "The people greatly wrought up the latest outrage, and vigilance committee Is being talked of"
 By isolated instance. So common have the raids become that 1t is found impossible by the state fire commissioner who has attempted to punish the barn-burners. keep half of them.
 Princeton has been veritable hotbed for this kind of warfare. There, not long unknown burned to the ground the stemaries of the tobacco trust containing hundreds of tons of tobacco some on the leaf and some stemmed This occasioned
 At the instance of Governor Beckham State Fire Commiss toner Mott Ayres went Princeton and tried to find some evidence which to base pros ecution, but failed
 validity of his information has been questioned
 He secured the story of a 15-year-old boy, who said that he had been present at of the meetings of the Night Raiders and could give the of
 According to this boy, the Night Raiders composed a distinct organization from the Tobacco Growers Association. and apparently was in way affiliated
 Weird in the extreme was the description given by this boy of the meetng-a description which either stamped him having novelists ina agIna- ton or disclosed one of the most dreadful social ditions in Kentucky.
 He said that the ranged about in a circle in the heart of grove little way out from the town and that in the half light the chairman huge beard ed man, stood up and. in sepulchral tone com
 Al who have been bound by the oath of blood. The oath of blood! Could this possibly mean that murder would be committed if necessary. to carry out the designs of the society? The boy badly scared he said. leaned forward to catch every word that might be spoken.
 And he declared. the chairman plainly stated that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

W " ARYLAND, just now, is the possessor of MI political curiosity-an anomaly, a lVl freak, if you will.
 It is a party 'boss"-a Democratic party "boss"-whose almost absolute ascendancy is not only pleasing to the voters, rank, file and field officers, but was actually insisted upon by them A leader from whose rule there is no re- volt, of whom only nice things said
 Shades of Arthur P. German, Matthew S.. Quay and Carter Harrisonl Who is this modern marvel9
 Throughout Maryland. and a number of other states, he is known simply as Frank Brown. Who's who will tell you that he is-or was-a farmer; has been postmaster of Baltimore city and governor of Maryland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
RaizefY BMus1e QR0wz.

the opposing factions origin. the real pur- poses of the Night Raiders in Kentucky are still somewhat encased in mystery-else- Governor Beck ham need have offered reward of $5Oo per head for raiders arrested and convicted.
 the explanation which is generally credited in Kentucky that at least branch of the raiders was formed among association members to punish those outside who would join society and it's crusade, and that perhaps there is another branch formed of independents to retaate their enemies by the methods.
 Anyway the Night Raiders a actuality.
 recent dispatch from Princeton. Ky, describes a typical night raid, which occurred Lamasco, on the Lyon county line
 About thirty masked men," the dispatch, "went to the home of Tom Reddick and forced him to go to his barn point tobacco belonging to Mir Wallace. of the most prominent independent in the district. The raiders then put oil on the tobacco and burned 1t.
 "From Reddicks place they went wallace's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
RAIL or KENTUCKY,S

by the oath of blood was meant all who had pledged themselves to take up arms and shed blood for the society.
 A majority of those present. so the boy ayers. stood and held their hands aloft while the chair rnnn nnntah anr,na dreadful irn-