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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

which was incurred by phil
anthropist at one. of our big
hotels.
"F'or an experiment this
philanthropist recently sent
ch Id from The New York sum 5
10 the country. TO this child
raised among SUM horrors, all
tue beauty AID poetry Of a
pastoral nte was offered. Thus
the philantbropist expected -
give lbe } oungster as aest heuc
education.
We'll, the other day the man
went t. see his charge. She is
lille girl He TO X her on his
RLee, glanced with appreciation
about the quaint old farm
hi chen, and said:
" And do you find the coun-
try very beautiful, my .dear9'
Oh, beautiful the young
ster answered. 81 ,.y,~
And what have you seen
during your weeks sojurn hereH'
" I've seen eightv-seven tur-
keys killed and a mans nose
broken in pumpkin rattle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Come Easy in Florida,

The Florida Times Union has
the following comment on a fish
story not ito the manner born"
THE London Mail is amazed
at the story of a fisherman who
found he had hooked a little
fish which was swallowed by a
perch, trout, took the perch
and a pike took the trout, so
that the fisherman had a break
fast when all came in. Now, in
Florida it would havetbeen easy
to have an alligator take the
pike and find the 'gater had
swallowed the fisherman upon
coming to land. If you want to
catch real fish stories why lin.
ger on the wrong side of the
pondS'
So much for Florida. But it
is a fact that here in Georgia, a
fisherman who went to sleep on
a river bank, having previously
Invested himself of his boots,
and placed small flask OF
whiskey in a bootleg, tor safety
was Mortified to see.an alligator
in the act of swallowing the
boot containing the whisky.
This feat the saurian accom-.
plished, aud cut such queer ca.
pers thereafter that the fisher,
man decided he had 'em" in
earnest, and made bee, line for
home-but not before he wit
messed a circus performance Of
the alligator. which tried tC
convince him thatit could stand
on its head, and was perfectly
az home climbing trees. - Con,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Send tlG Democrat 10 Your Friends

If you: think Supt. G. B,
Hugely do does not, know how to
entertain. the students in Chem
istry and cause an explosion,
just look at his right hand and
get him tb''tell the story. He
thinks he got just the right
quantity of the ingredients.
Anyway. it was puff and all
was over.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

Alfred Riggs new house,
north of the school building and
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Fox Hounds

And they were beauties, we'll
broke and of the best strains of
bf blood, you bet, or Vint g.
Epalding would never have
Whipped them away from home.
During the past few days he
4 Is sent one to II. @. Butcher,
lesburg, ILL.,, two to Fl. L.
Rutledge, Mo-, and one
th to John Epperson and e.
light. Callao, Mo.
Fhy does the DEMOCRAT
.k so often of Vint's houndsP
Z lcause his kennels have a
~ tional reputation and the
man that buys one of the beau
ties pays about the same price
Ne ysuld have to pay tor an ex-
M steer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Friday.


Friday is the most maligned
day of the calendar. Why Fri.
day should suffer from taunt
and abuse more than other
days is d mystery, since it eau.
not be held accountable for the
events which made il so.
That superstition witch
m'Ir"S Friday the day Of evi'
n-u It's origin in the fact that il
was the day of the crucifix:on
and then, too, Adam and Eve
are supposed to have eaten The
fatal apple one Friday after.
noon 1t became hangman's day
rather as result of the super
stition than one Uf its causes.
Peculiarly enous h, Buddhlsts
and Brahmins. alike with
Christians, hold to this = une
distrust of Friday; but as there
are always exceptions, so here
the Canny but contrary Scot
regards it the best day of all
the week for weddings and
celebrations.
Truth is, Friday has played
an important part in the max
ing of our history which should
rather endear the day to patri-
otto Americans. Columbus is
said to have discovered Ameri
Cd on Friday. 1t was the day
of the landing of the Pilgrim
fathers on the Massachusetts
coast. George Washington was
born on Friday and it was the
day OF the battle of Bunker
Hill and of the battle of New
Orleans. In European history
1t has been no less important.
1t was the day of the birth of
Queen Victoria and of Shake.
spedre. 1t Was the day of the
fall of the Basti!e, of the execu-
ton of Charles 1, of the bat
tie of Marcengo. Many OF these
events may have brought ms,
fortune to some, but they work.
ed for the general good.
The list might be continued
until Friday could be made
to look like All Saints Day.
But is not this sufficient evil
dence that Friday is not so
black as it has been painted,
even if it has sometimes been
the victim of circumstances.
Atlanta Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Missouri Notes

Wnen man refuses TO let his
wife trim his whiskers it is
sign his love is growing cold,
observes an editor.
James Saunders is The Oldest
mem Der of the Christian church
in Maryville. He has been act
i've in the church for sixty seven
years
To celebrate the opening OF a
new hotel In Butler a dinner
was served to he newspaper
men. add now whenever any of
those who were guests feel a
little ipdisposed they imagine
they are getting the govt.
A Cameron editor thinks the
offense of abstracting papers
from the 'office of a printing
shop should be made punishable
by law. He is not running his
shop Tor the purpose of getting
out free souvenirs.
Anyone who is afraid Of in
lection in dollar bills is invited
by the editor of the Liberal En-
terprise to bring them to him
as he has had the mumps, scar
let fever, whooping cough,
smallpox and a variety of dis
eases. s, sides, he wants the
money.
A Republican country paper
says that in the recent election
Republicans scratched more
than the Democrats, three to
one, and adds, this is what
kills our party" Scratching
may not absolutely kill, but too
much of it has often caused raw
places that are a long time
healing" says the Brookfield
Gazette.
Being an editor is the easiest
thing in the world, says one of
profession. All you have to do
is to: Lear how to be cheer
full, long suffering, going about
doing good for evil, write puffs
OF marriages and festivals and
in return accept hunk of cake
that would sink an iron clad;
perjure your soul lying about
the pretty babies and lovely
brides; with the gay and mourn
with the disconsolate; boom
every enterprise and go about
yourself clothed in a guuny
sack and one suspender; glory
over the fortune of you leigh.
Dor and eat boiled -, cobs
and colored labels off cans;
learn how to write a 5, rnI ,n or
report a prize fight, j., u,cal
speech or shape an Oh - "'y,
write poetry, split wooO. >h
dishes, curry horses. pres"e at
campmeetlng, quote la~ or
scripture, and flirt with ,he
widows-away from home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
NATURES CA.
TARRH CURE.
Sensible and Scientific Way to Cure this
DisagreeabIe Disease.

In no other way can catarrh
y cured as no' uraIly and
ck ~ as by ne use Of Hyomei
athe d through tie neat peck.
lphaier that zones with
eey out6t.
a this way all the air that
lers the nasal passages, thc
81 foat or the ,u,g S. is flied
th Fl o'nei's beauug medica
bn, re aching The most remUi e
cells If the respiratory or.
ans, aud soothing and healing
be irritated mucous membrane.
S So strong is Lamar Woods
\ aith in the power of Hyomei to
cure catarrhal troubles, that
with every dollar outfit he sells,
8pe gives a guarantee to refund
sthe money unless it cures.
4 The complete Hyomei outfit
costs but 81 90, extra bottles, If
needed, SOC.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure.

The only guaranteed kidney rem
edy. Buy it-try tit costs you
nothing if it fails. Price So cents
L. j. Yates.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17
Pastoral Peace.

Mayor Stoy, OF Atlantic City,
id the other day of a disap.
Iinting industrial stock; Z
The people that bad their
eyEin this stock felt, whe n
.ropped. "a shock akin to til
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

Dock and Miss Lottie LANCE,
of Hunnewell, spent Sunday
with their brother and his in.
terestiug bride, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert LANCE.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

The winter of 1906. 1907 aud
that of 1877 1873 up to date are
very similar. Both wide open,
little sunshine aud plenty of
mud.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

Daniel Boone, of Ely, has
been appointed administrator
Of the James T. o'Conuor es-
tate, giving bond Ia / be s,alp ef
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

Alfred Riggs new house,
forth of the school building and
- iaceut to the park, is now
Ning completion and is now
y for the plasterers, 1t is
lendid building, neat, com.
fsllus and modern and takes
! with the best residences
bur town. Gillian and Co.
( Se the contractors. Summers
\, N foreman on The job 1t
built under bad weather
L Millions but pushed through
M The sam" ~ way that at
ed the attention. of stran-
Av!siting in our 'own. For
LII of the tact that nothing
els still in Center we refer
10 Dug Ora wford and George
Mlwn Of Monroe City who
III lg the sound of the saw
MANNER last Monday night
I'D b the night shift came on
All we live in a live town but
IN est of nights. -Ce inter- Her
NI
w We Mnnr ctn flnnaru ,nri n tod
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

Charley Lasley, of Hannibal
spent Sunday la the Queen of
the Prairies with the homefolk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-01-17

4 We your stationery printed
the DEMOCRAT office.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25
YOU CAN SPOT THEM.

The Farmers Union has selected a
committee whose duty it is to keep
posted at all times on all phases of
legislation to be introduced during
the present session Of the Georgia
legislature.
The Committee has spent several
days in the discharge of their duty,
which is bringing, and will bring,
some adverse criticism from those
who do not want to be watched.
The members of the legislature
who do not want the Farmers IN
ion to watch them, will object to the
state president, and the state secre-
tary (the committee seleced for this
work. spending so much Of their
time at the State capitol, and those
who desire to have such legislation
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25
Of Interest to the Wealth Creators

such times as the demand for it
will create the rightful price. We
want to avoid glutting the market.
"We do not intend to make cor
ner on the cotton nor to hold it for
fabulous prices, but we do intend to
regulate the supply to the demand in
such a ratio as will insure to the far
mer the proper return for his labor
and investment.
"We believe the time has arrived
when the farmer should set the price
Of his product rather than the specu-
lator or the man who buys it. He
produces it, consequently he should
set his own price on it. We are sim
ply working to get out from under
the thumb Of the cotton broker where
we have been ever since before the
war, and we believe we are going to
do it, and that very soon. We want
to place a cotton warehouse in every
town that markets 1000 bales or
more each year, and we want to put
cotton classer from our own ranks
in charge of each warehouse so we
can sell our cotton under our own
classification rather than that of a
speculator or cotton buyer. By
this means we will save to the far
mers on the average crop Of cotton
in this state something like $1O,OOO,-
600, as at least that much is made
each year by cotton classers who
scalp, that is, misclass the cotton
to the farmers detriment.
For the purpose Of getting these
cotton classers We are running now
cotton school in Houston, which
has hundred pupils by now, all of
whom pay $15 for scholarship and
can go as long as they want to.
This is the second school of this
class ever organized, conducted for
the farmers, and it will give us our
own cotton classers. This is only
one of many projects on foot through
which we hope to be able to be mas
ters of the situation and escape the
yoke of bondage that has pressed so
heavily upon the cotton planters
necks. When we solve the problem
OF proper prices for our products
we will then turn our attention to
many other problems that face us. -
w.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25
WHAT THE FARMER WAS,
TODAY AND WILL BE.

ness enterprise depends wholly upon
the farmer. Every business Of what
ever character must succeed or lam
guish in proportion to his success or
failure, and should complete disaster
overtake all the farmers every busi-
ness of every character would be
bankrupted and all the people would
soon perish.
Should all the farmers lock up
that which they have produced and
conclude to take Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep for sixty or ninety days, all the
banks, stores and factories would be
closed when they opened their eyes
and looked upon the world again.
Railroad cars would lie dead on the
tracks and vessels of every charac-
ter would remain at the moorings
unnamed. Manufactured articles
of all kinds, money and commercial
securities would be without value,
and every human being, including
saptains Of finance, and all money
grafters, would realize as they never
had before, that the man with the
hoe is the real power at the end of
the Archimedean lever. Possessing
more power than all other individ-
uals on earth, alone or in combina-
tion, the farmers have used it least
for their own purposes and advan-
tage. Laws have been enacted with
the view of protecting and promot-
ing every other interest at their ex-
pense, and regardless Of their rights.
The farmer has produced the
wealth that has made it possible for
others to live in ease and luxury,
while he continued to toll, and those
dependent upon him possessed only
the necessities of life.
The farmer of yesterday, by rea-
son of isolation and lack of organi-
zation, was content to toll and pro-
duce, to take his way as his due and
not complain. The farmer of today
tolls fewer hours with his hands and
is demanding greater reward for
what he produces. The farmer tomor-
row will use his muscle and brain in
combination and get what is due him
or know the reason why. The future
farmers home will not suffer by
comparison, inside or out, with that
of a merchant, banker or manufact-
urer. The farm home Of tomorrow
will possess all the comforts and
many of the luxuries, and life on the
farm will be more attractive than
life in the big cities.
The farmers wife will have every
convenience and helpful invention to
aid in the household work. Tomor-
row the lot Of the farmers wife will
be the envy Of her less fortunate city
sisters.
These are not pipe-dreams but are
the sure realities of changing condi-
tions.-Exchange.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25
THE DESTRUCTIVE BOIL WEE
VIII rs A PERMANENT PEST.


as to the future Of the boil weevil
now seem to be agreed that the bug
is here to stay. For the benefit of
the uninitiated, if there be any such
now, after miles and miles of articles
have been written about the pest, it
may be explained that the authono-
mus grandis, as it is technically
known, is the misunderstanding in
sect which crossed the Rio Grande
from Mexico something over a. de-
cade ago, and has since progressed
steadily northward and eastward
through the cotton belt. Since its
first appearance the weevil has cost
the cotton farmers Of the south, and
especially Of Texas, to which its op-
erations were confined for years, un-
told millions Of dollars. At first, so
thorough was the destruction wrought
in some sections the planters cast
about for some other crop and talked
of abandoning cotton culture entire
ly. Since the federad department of
agriculture took cognizance Of the
subject, however, material progress
toward the circumvention of the pest
has been made as a result Of the ap-
plication Of up-to-date cultural meth
DDS and of close attention to the cot
ton fields generally. The kelep, or
ant, which was discovered in the
wilds Of Guatemala by DR.. 0. F.
Cook, Of Washington, and imported
to Texas in considerable numbers for
the purpose of waging war on the
weevil, did its work satisfactorily,
but in too limited a way to result
in any benefit. The ant could not
survive the Texas winters and, of
course, could not be brought to this
country in sufficient numbers to be
spread over anything like an exten-
sive territory. Now the ant theory
has been practically abandoned, and
the methods already referred to are
being depended on almost exclusive
ly. 1t is now possible to grow cotton
in spite of the weevil, but that the
pest will ever be exterminated is not
believed by any of the experts. In
time it probably will be found over
the whole of the cotton belt.
Destroy Cotton Stalks in Fall.
According to the United States de-
partment of agriculture it has been
considered by many that the des-
truction of cotton stalks after Kill
ling frosts was Of little value in the
control Of the boil weevil. All OBJ
servers have agreed, however, that
this process is Of paramount value
before that time. Recent data show
that the destruction Of stalks after
several severe frosts is of great val
ne; in fact, it is apparently only
slightly less efficacious than earlier
destruction.
From various experiments made in
this manner it is evident that a far
mer may control the number of wee
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25

all debris from the field and burns it
at the earliest possible date, thus eli
minating the Information of the wee
vil.-Griffin News.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25
COTTON WAREHOUSES;.
A Leader Talks of the Movement to
Store and Hold.

One OF the visitors VINO aCCen0ed
the meeting and remained over In
Waco, was Mr.. B. F. Chapman, state
secretary Of the Farmers Education
al and Cooperative Union of Texas.
In an interesting talk about the out
look Of the movement Mr.. Chapman
gave some figures that will show
something about the strength of the
movement and the objects aimed at.
He said:
"Texas is the mother state Of both
the state and national farmers union
organizations, the last Of which has
spread over seventeen different
states. The only northern state in
which we have gained a foothold is
Indiana. We took over at one time
10000 members Of a state farmers
organization that existed in Indiana
and that was run on somewhat the
same lines as the Texas Farmers
Union. Texas has by far the largest
number of members and local unions.
It has 4,439 local unions and about
125,000 members. It is the largest
through the fact that it has been
longest working and also because it
has more material to work on. The
present movement is quite an ad-
vance over the old Farmers Ali
ance, which existed in this state sew
eral years ago. The charters are
so drawn and the bylaws so made
that it will be hard matter for it
to drift into politics, and we are 60
ing to safeguard it to the extreme
against such a disastrous step.
"We have the experience of all
past farmers organizations and also
Of the labor fraternities to guide us,
and we believe now that we have
formed union that will stand the
test Of time and increase in it's
proper ratio every year. IF it con-
tinues to grow in the future as it
has in the past, we are sure that it
will one day be the strongest union
on the face of the globe.
eyes, it is somewhat on the order
of trust, but we believe that trust
formed by the producer in order to
safeguard the prices of his products
is not an inimical one, and that
there is no part of its workings that
can come under the antitrust enact
ments.
"The movement that is interesting
the farmers union more than any
other is the establishment of cotton
warehouses in the towns Of the
state. We now have $50 such ware
houses that will hold, on the aver
age, 1000 bales each. These ware
houses are not built for the purpose
Of obtaining loans on stored cotton,
but are built as the first step toward
regulating the price Of the cotton
crop.
''We do not intend to try to reg
ulate these prices by boycotting or
using any other method that will vio-
late commercial ethics, but we intend
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-06-27
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Round trip to San Francisco or
Los Angeles, CAL, account Ma
tion Eclectric Medical Assn. June
18 to Il $50. Date of sale June 8
to Is. Final return limit Aug. 81.
Summer Tourist Rates to Col
orado and Utah. Round trip rate
Denver, Colorado Springs or Pu-
eblo S19.55; to Glenwood Springs
S31.55; to Ogden or Salt Lake
City $32.55. Dates of sale June 2
to Sept. 30. Final return limit
October 81.
Summer Tourist Rates to st.
Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee:
st. Louis $3.50; Chicago $21. 40;
Milwaukee S24.75 for round trip.
Date of sale June 1 to Sept 80.
Final return limit Oct. 81.
Excursion to Oklahoma City,
Sunday, June 23. Train leaves
Baxter 1O:45 p. m, on Saturday
night, June p, and returning
leaves Oklahoma City at 7:30 p.
m. Fare for the round trip $3.50.
c. S. RoBERTs,
A gent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-06-27
Your Appetite Calls for
Something.
You Don't Know What.

Well, it may be Heinz's India
Relish, Tomato Soup, Sweet Mid
get Pickles, Mandalay Sauce,
Vegetarian Beans, Pork and
Beans, White Onions. Or, per-
haps it may be
Durkee's Salad Dressing, Can
Shrimp, Imported Sardines, Mush-
rooms, Russian Caviar, or Bottle
Queen Olives.
Try our CONGRESS" brand Of
Teas, Imperial, GuupOwder, Japan
and especially our Congress
Brand of Mixed Teas for Ice Tea
Our line is now complete; what
it lacks in quantity it makes up in
quality.
For that tired feeling try our
"MaripOsa Coffee" at 25c a pound
Yours for more business,
Jim Harmon,
The Pure Food Grocsgman."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-06-27
BAXTER 8 TO 2
In a Real Hard Fought
Came fhs Locals Defeat
Cd Alton Last Sunday by
a Score Of 9 TO 2.

The game between the locals
and the Alton team last Sunday
was quite we'll attended, and it
was a very interesting game
the best ever played on the local
field. The Baxter team had to
work this time, the first time this
season they have had to get down
to business. The Alton team is
a staong one. The only unpleas-
ant feature of the game was
when Vickery of the locals ex-
hibited very bad disposition by
throwing his bat at the pitcher
of the visitors, and afterwards
precipitated small sized riot.
The Baxter people deplore such
actions, and we trust the Alton
team will not hold it against the
home team.
The score:
Baxter 90 2 04 O %
Afton-0 l 3 0102-7
Some of these fellows who al
ways back the other team as
against the home team will get
enough of it after awhile.
The features of the game were
a mighty pretty double play and
the timely hit by Haskett when
Baxter had the bases full.
John Vickery, who has been
playing with the Baxter team,
has resigned, and his place will
be filled by a competent man.
Baxter Springs has a real live
ball team, and Sunday was the
irst time this season that it had
o get down and play ball right.
Hereafter when a player acts
lngentlemanly he must be re-
ired-at the time. No more
lorse play is going to be tolerated.
And still Baxter Springs is un-
BILE to get ball game with the
diami team. Those Miami fell
ows seem to be scared before they
re hurt.
Baxter plays at Scammon next
sunday. The following Sunday
hey play at home, and the Hal
DWELL Pumpkin Rollers will be
nc VlCtlIlS.
The Alton boys are a very gen.
lemanly set of fellows. While
heir provocation was great, af-
er the display of temper by one
f the locals, yet they held in,
nd this was much to their credit.
Alton has a fine lot of lady
ooters, and they were very much
4 evidence at the game. Andy
oily will cheerfully testify to
his. Fact is, they roasted Andy
l.