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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

The excitable individual came In late
and when the man in the courtroom took
longer than usual to check his coat his
temper knew no bounds.
Hurry up" he exploded, land check
my coat! Can't you see | have been
standing here an hour?"
MY dear man." replied the other,
caImly. at Is not your coat you want
checked"
''Then what Is X. blockheady
"Why, your temper, sir"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

The eighteen pension agencies whose
existence was threatened by measure
proposed by the House OF Representa-
tiyes during the latest session of Con-
gress are still alive. through the ac-
ton of the Senate. These agencies are
located as shown In the following Ia
BILE below, and the amounts of their
annual disbursements. with the num-
Der OF pensioners on each roll. are also
given:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

your complaint, madam" said old
DIR. Gruffiy. "is very serious
There now!' triunphantly cried
the fussy woman, Il knew it"
Eyes, madam, your complaint Is
chronic and there isn't the slightest
ailment to excuse t."-Philadelphia
Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Fashionable Fad.

Are You living with your wife
nowT' asked the pickpocket.
sNo." replied the seeond-story work
er. "Shes doin' six months for follow
Ing fashionable fad"
what fad:" queried the pickpocket.
"Kleptomania," answered the other.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

Pop"
Yes. my boy
Are bees Industrious
Yes. very industrious. my SON"
They make honey, don't they?"
Yes"
II suppose they have sweet time
making 1t, don't ?'-Yonkers
statesman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

'.Has your parrot used profanity
long,"
only since my husband got an auto
mobile. Milwaukee Free Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
What the Row Ia Ahout.

Shrewdly and correctly the Wash
ington Post estimates the true inward
ness of our tariff tangle with Ger
many when it says:
Germany wants TO sell her sugar
IN our market in competition with the
Sugar Trust. That is what the row is
about"
Undoubtedly the chief cause OF irri-
tation has been the foolish dicker with
Cuba Prior to the time when we
elected to favor Cuban sugar by 20
per cent tariff reduction German beet
sugar came to this country at the rate
Of $1O.00O,0O0 year. Directly follow
ing the conclusion for the reciprocity
deal with Cuba our imports of German
sugar fell TO about $4,000 year. The
refusal of Congress to lower the duty
on refined sugar to correspond with the
reduction of the tariff on Cuban raw
sugar was an especial offense to Ger
many. The effect of that refusal was
to put many millions of dollars annu-
ally into the pocket OF the Sugar Trust
and take many millions out of the
pockets of German sugar growers.
From that moment Germany began to
study how to compel the United States
to give fair treatment to German ex-
ports Of sugar. Result. the high max
imum tariff with which Germany
threatens to discriminate against
American exports unless substantial
tariff concessions shall be granted In
favor OF German exports That is
what the row Is about. The Post Is
absolutely right In this view. All the
present trouble has grown out of the
chapter of fol,ies perpetrated In the
pame of Cuban reciprocity. Not alone
did that misguided move involve a rank
injustice to American growers of SUI
gar and tobacco, trade bGlance loss of
$60.0O0OO0 a year. and a loss of $15,-
100000 to $1s,OOO.OOO a year in rev.
enues. but it so angered Germany by
its gross favoritism toward Cuban SUI
gar planters and the American Sugar
Trust that for nearly three years the
club OF German retaliation and revenge
has been shaken in the face of our gov
ernment- The Cuban blunder lies at
the root of the present situation. That
IL what the row Is about-American
Economist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

We all have different ideas. A bill
collectors idea of a perfect gentleman
is one who waits for the bill collector,
Instead of sending In his check.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

4 knowledge OF the birth stones"
of the different months never helps
anyone to wear diamonds
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

the most fruitful death is we'll known
is entirely preventable disease In its early stages
fresh and sunshine all the remedies needed 9th
treatment is not only unnecessary but
harmful But the discovery OF these simple remedies is
of very origin There hardly time for the
public to realize the truth and themselves
in accordance with it. They need education 1t much
to follow expensive and difficult course of
treatment for what grandfathers called od-fash
Toned consumption" than simply live outdoors
abundany but not too much Of nutritious food and never
do all the work you feel able to do Yet modern medi-
cal science prescribes nothing for this disease
Boston Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Nothing scriou..

Then there's another thing. Miss Hay
ho. You know-what was that curious
noisez"
1T was only the clock. II always
makes sound like that when the tsien-
dar hand moves to the next figure What
were you about to say. Mr.. Lingerlong?"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

Forests cover nearly one-fourth of
the surface of Germany-about $4,000
square miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

A man should have no secrets from
his wife, except the surprise parties be
gets up on her birthdays.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
bad Times.

Hasn't that man seen better days."
'Yes. before they ruled him off the
track. Baltimore American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

The new Belgian military system. e.
tablished on the basis OF voluntary con-
scriptioa. has already proved failure
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
WHAT WOULD YOU Doe

i'm Mountain Climbing.
What would you do If you were in
the position OF the upper man shown
m the accompanying illustration? The
problem mar not be one unknown in
high mountain climbing. Suppose that
while cutting steps in the snow on the
TOP Of precipice, one mountaineer
missed his footing. who chung almost
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
TELEPHONES AND COMPETITION.


I - n vice is likely to be confronted by the ques-
I r. - u ton of granting a francise TO rival
- - pany Each must be decided by the
E&AXkSE governing circumstances but every Will
RssNlYE5 show the popularity of the telephone prob
lem. The telephone is A natural monopoly,
for the advantage of every subscriber that all
users OF telephones should be the system with
him. system that q subscriber
must have than instrument be out of COM
muncaton with part of the world of telephone
1t is difficult however to adjust human nature TO ideal
mechanical conditions Establish companies. without
the motive competition keep rates down
and service good Therefore communities have well
companies which promised better and cheaper
service Dual systems like labor strikes are on their face
losses yet it may be worth while to endure the
loss in order better
conditions ultimately. The butcher may be on sys-
the baker another. low rates may Bring
two instruments within the previous cost of One and
may so Increase the number Of subscribers within call
for the Inconvenience. Ii finally one com
pany absorbs the other the community may have become
established in low rates that the surviving
pany dare not raise them.
On the other hand the effect OF competing companies
is sometimes merely divide the telephone of
community wthou. adding many to the total number,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
FIND OUT

The common spinach Is the only plant
tina. has emigrated from New Zealand
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
NATURES CONSUMPTION CURE.

HE ceasus bureau has published it's annual
report on mortality statistics and from it
some very interesting facts may be OBJ
tanned and very important deductions made
The report applies only to certain so-called
registered" cities, but taking it as it stands
ii appears that pulmonary tuberculosis is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

After a child is twenty-five. its moth
er has no right to tell how old /, is.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

When the cat is away the night 10
always quiet -,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL A MORAL FORCE

- OF only is the American public school the
A / bulwark of free Institutions; ii is also a
4 i e J moral force. mighty in its influence under
zr-.--sh right conditions There the children of the
ksfS$Tta2 land taught if teachers faithful
eAsst2t their obligations. the meaning of duty and
discipline They learn obedience respect
for necessary rules and regulations and the
good conduct They imbibe ideas of social relations
which exert potent influence upon the formation of
character
In order that such instruction shall not be neglected
perfuncOrily impaired it is essential that
shall be under no constralns Influences which may
impair their obligation or interfere
with the faithful and efficient performance of their
ties Especially important is it that they shall be abso
lutely free of any political control dictation.
Whoever would prostitute the peoples schools to poll
tics Is public enemy of the dangerous character
Such person is to be feared than any
enemy for he would sap the foundation institu-
tons and polute the to which children and
the children of the future must look intellectual adj
vancement and moral guidance. The anarchist is not
more to b.. condemned than the who would make
the public school political machine.-Chcago Journal
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

To buy where you S. IS Il standard
free-trade axiom. Protection is much
censured In some quarters for ignoring
this altruistic doctrine. But here we
find free-trade Great Britain The great
est of offenders In that regard. In
1906 she sold to Cuba more than ten
dimes as much as She bought from
Cuba Her exports to that islard were
$9,S13.995. and her imports $S14,915.
On the other hand, the United States
buys from Cuba more thar double
what she sells to Cuba. In 1905 we
bought Cuban commodities valued at
SOC. s57. 856. and sold to Cuba of our
products S44 .569.S12. We furnished Gu
ba the money with which to buy of
Great Britain ten times what she sold
to that country. Apparently free ralc
is not always fair trade.
why There VIII BE No Tariff War.
For the calendar year 1905 German
exports to the United States amount
ed to sl52. s32. 455 This was an IN
crease of S26.699, 256 over the exports
of 1905, and an increase Of $41 ,592, go
over the exports OF 1904 In two years
ous purchases from Germany haze In
creased 374 per cent Undrer these
conditions 1t Is uncomfortable thai Ger
many intends to provoke tariff war
by discriminating against American ex-
ports. 1t Is much easier TO see why
the truce has been extended until June
90. 1908. Germany could not afford
and does not want tariff war with
the United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

Total ......-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
WILLIAMSII GIVES
VARDAMAN A RAP
SAYS LATTER sRURNED DEMoc-
RAcY AND cooUETTED WITH
THE PoPULIST.

YAzOO CITY, Miss, Aug. 1S.-In
charging that Gov. vardaman spurned
democracy and coquetted with the pop.
ulists in the late compaign for United
States senator, John Sharpe Williams,
the victor in the fight for that office,
in an address here on the aftermath
of the campaign, said:
Gov. Vardaman declares that he
has not regrets to express for any
thing said or done by himself or by
any of his friends during the late cam
paign. l hope that in saying this the
governor was only talking out loud
and before he had finished thinking.
If he means what he says, then he
means that he indorses and does, not
regret the action of one of his friends
who affixed the signature of justice
of the peace to a document in the abb
sence of and without the knowledge
and consent of that official.
ut would mean that he indorses and
does not regret the action of another
one of his friends who was caught
with the ballot box"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
PAINTS
CHURCH

maiden, Mass, Special to the Chicago
Tribune)
The Rev, John Newberry, pastor OF
Pentecostal church, this morning be-
gan painting the exterior OF the
church building, aided by several
members of the congregation.
The church is struggling one and
few days ago the pastor said he
would do the painting If some one
would provide the paint, which the
CITIZENS did, and the Rev. Newberry
went bravely to work this morning
clad in overalls and jumper donated
by clothing firm.
Before starting in the pastor held a
short service on the sidewalk, praying
and reading from the Scriptures. His
wife served lemonade at intervals to
her husband and his helpers, while
the women OF the congregation en-
couraged the workers by singing
hymns inside the church, one OF the
number playing the organ.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
IS FRISCO NOW SAFE?
SPANGLER, LAST OF THE PRoPH-
ETS," SAYS 1T is, BUT AVOID
LOS ANGELES.

That a prophet is not without honor
long distance from home is shown
by the fact that Lee L. Spangler, who
styles himself the last of the latter
day sooth-sayers," has received a let
ter from Kalgoorile, a place some
where in the husband of Western Aus.
tralia, asking whether the earthquake
season has passed and it is now safe
to venture into San Francisco.
Spangler has received many letters
from many different countries, but this
is the first time he has had proof that
he had an Australian following.
The letter from the Antipodes is
signed ALEX Trouchet," and the wri-
ter says:
Il contemplate leaving here about
November next to settle in San Fran
cisco with my family, and I write to
ask you If / will be safe there"
Spangler has written his Australian
admirer that San Francisco is safe
enough for year or two, but to keep
away from Los Angeles, as there is
still an unfulfilled prophecy out to the
effect that the place will destroyed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
MORE COPIES OF
THE HORSE BOOK
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS COMPEL
AN EXTRA EDITION FROM
DEPARTMENT OF AG-
RIcULTURE.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The De
partment of Agriculture has recently
ordered another edition of 100000
copies of the book on Special Dis
eases of the Horse" or Horse Book, "
as it is commonly termed, This is
one of the most populaf Government
publications and the present edition
will bring the total number OF copies
issued we'll over the million mark.
1t is said the book has cost mem
bers of Congress more money than
has any other similar work, for when
their quota" was exhausted they
have had to purchase their supplies
from the Superintendent Of Docu-
ments. Several members have pur-.
chased over 500 copies for distribution
among their constituents.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
KEEP VINE
DRINK NC MUM
PRESIDENT OBJECTS TO PUBLIC
lTY GIVEN HIS CHAMPAGNE
EXPLOITS AT EXPOSITION. =.

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. S.-President
Roosevelt, apparently fearing that he
might be criticised by the press in a
manner similar to Vice President Fair.
banks for his cocktail and buttermilk
escapades, is said to- have written
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and
the Georgia state commission to the
jamestown exposition objecting to the
publicity being given the part he took
in the consumption of champagne at
the jamestown exposition on Georgia
day.
Governor Hoke Smith has held up
payment for ten cases of champagne
now stored away in the Georgia build
ing in the exposition, and the wine
may be returned to the makers. The
champagne was ordered by President
W. NJ. Mitchell, of the Georgia CON-
mission, for the reception rendered
Roosevelt. Another supply, which
was consumed by the President and
his party, was paid for by women of
the reception committee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
NEGROES CHASED
~ ~ OUT OF TOWN
HlLLS5oRo, ILL., IN A TURMOIL,
CONTRACTOR MAY RENEW
TROUBLE.

HILLSBORO, H.. Aug S.-Ill-feeling
toward negroes, which has been brew
ing since last Friday night, when John
T. Maddux, an aged white man, was
assaulted by a negro, eliminated in a
race riot last night and the majority
of negroes were chased out of town.
Negroes and white citizens fought in
the public streets for several hours,
and the business section was in a
turmoil.
Finally most of the negroes fed
from town and order was restored. E.
D. Fry, who has a contract for paving
work and employed negroes, insisted
that his employees be protected, but
to no effect Today Fry went to St.
Louis, declaring he would procure
other negro laborers. 1t is feared II
he brings back a number of negro
laborers that fighting and bloodshed
will result, as the anti-negro feeling is
at high tension.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
Cen. TYLER
is WRATHY
AYERS HE HAS POSITIVE PROOF
AGAINST COL. LATHAM
AND WIFE. -
Will Make Charges Against Sarah
Law Chapter, U. D. C., Unless
II ExpeIs the Lathams.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. ST am
here to present positive proof that
charges | have made against Col. T.
j. Latham and his wife are true and
unless Sarah Law Chapter, of the Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy, ex-
pels them from membership at the
next state convention, which will be
held next spring, l will prefer charges
against Sarah Law Chapter and cause
their expulsion from the Confederacy,"
declared Gen. H. A. Tyler, member of
Gen. Nathan B. Forests staff during
the war between the states.
Gen. Tyler says he has written Mrs.
M. B. Pitcher, president of the Ten
nessee Division of u d. c., and Mrs.
Lizzie George Henderson, grand presi-
dent of the U. D. c.. to meet in Mem
phis Friday for the purpose Of look
ing over papers which he claims are
proofs that Mrs Latham is guilty Of
having 'wilfully and maliciously at
tackled Mrs. G. A. Brevard, presi-
dent of another chapter. Whether or
not the ladies will meet him here
Gen. Tyler could not say. He says he
has heard that Mrs. Pitcher was
elected to office through the efforts
of Mrs. Latham and that, possibly, for
that reason she might not come to the
conference.
Il demand of Col. Latham explana-
ton of a certain circular he wrote.
want to know how and by whom they
were distributed" declared the gen.
eral. Il want to know how it con.
tanned a certain letter which Sarah
Law Chapter, in its resolution censur'
ing me, claimed was never received,
and also why my letter of January IA
in reference to T. j. Latham was mis-
quoted"
Gen. Tyler was wrathy in his de-
nunciation He said he had gotten
deep into the matter and that it would
be fight on his part to the bitter end.
He has been busy since coming here
in conference with friends and getting
together all the data he could pos
sibly gather.
The feud between the rival factions
of ex-Confederates promises to grow.
Many friends of Gen. Tyler are sur.
rounding him in his effort to prove
that the Lathams were not Southern
sympathizers.s
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
UNIQUE STATISTICS
ON ADAM
HAD HE WORKED FOR $3.50 PER
DAY UNTIL NOW, WOULD BE
POORER THAN ROCK
EFELLER.

CHICAGO, H., Aug. 11.--If Adam
cured position which paid him $3.50
day, worked at it steadily all these
years and never purchased Eve any
other raiment thans that which was
considered proper in those early days,
he would have just the same size
pile as John ID. Rockefeller is reputed
to have, 100000, 900. No less a
person than Governor Cummins, OF
Iowa, is responsible for the argu-
ments. In an address before the VIII
County Chautauqua assembly at Plain
field last week, he set forth that he
had made this discovery by dint of
much figuring. These figures were
used as the basis for the assertion
that no man could become as rich as
Rockefeller without practicing dishon-
esty. The address of Iowa's chief
executive was entitled Tariff Revision
and Overcapitalization of Railroads
Il have been to some trouble and
my secretary has been troubled in
compiling the necessary statistics"
declared Governor Cummins, At my
instruction my secretary gave Adam
a salary Of $3.50 day, Con paper, Of
course,) and allowed 1t to pile up from
day to day until yesterday was
reached No part of the sum was sub
tracted for household expenses. Eve
retained the airy costume she wore In
the Garden of Eden, and Adam re-
manned faithful to the leafy frock coat
in which he wooed Eve. French Gre
atoms were not for her. Not even a
mother hubbard wrapper could be
purchased with this money. 1t was
allowed TO accumulate and mp to yes
terday Adam had not reached the bill
lion dollar mark"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
RUNAWAY
ACCIDENTS


There were two runaway accidents
Friday night, though the horse did not
run away in either accident. Emerett
and Ed Caldwell were driving on West
Seventh street near the corporation
line. when one side of the shafts to
their vehicle came loose and dropped
to the ground In attempting to guide
and stop their horse the buggy was
overturned and was dragged some
yards with the occupants still in 1t
before the horse was checked by Louis
Pillow, colored. Emerett CaldwelFs
face and one arm was skinned and his
knock was sprained. The buggy was
considerably damaged.
The horse driven by Mrs. I. Ed
New began kicking while Mrs. New
was driving through the Columbia Mil
itary Academy grounds Friday night,
and finally got one foot over the shaft
There were several ladies and chill
dren in the vehicle at the time and
the situation looked dangerous, but
Mrs New handled the lines cieverly
and succeeded in throwing the horse.
The vehicle was slightly damaged.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
MUNICIPAL
CAMP AIGN OPENS
"BUsINEss MEMS TICKET" WITH
MR.. J; L. HUTTON FOR
MAYOR.
Mayor Guest viii Be a Candidate Foe
Reelection, But Some OF His Cab
met Will Be Missing.

The municipal campaign opened
Friday with the publication of the
petition for a Business Mems Tick
ct" which will be found in an.
other part of the Herald, and
from now until election day, the
fourth Thursday in October, city poll
tics will hold the center of the field.
Under the new charter the city is
divided into three wards, and only six
aldermen are to be elected where
heretofore the town has had eight.
These six aldermen are to be elected
two from each ward, but are to be
voted for at large.
In the business Mems" Pc
tition, Mr.. j. L. Hutton is
named to head the ticket for
Mayor. S. C. Harlan and Andrew
Dale are named as aldermen from the
First Ward; r. L. Mckinney and Mos
es Mcclellan as aldermen from the
Second Ward, and Messrs. w. T. Chat
fin and George W. Hayes as aldermen
from the Third Ward.
OF the present city administration,
Mayor Guest is an avowed candidate
for reelection. None of the Alder
men of the present administration
have made known their intentions ex-
cept Alderman fowler, who is pot a
candidate for reelection. OF the sew
en- other aldermen six live in the
second ward since the change in ward
lines, so only two of these could be
on the same ticket. These six are
Aldermen Swansburg, White, Collier,
Cameron, Digger and Sellars. 1t is
probable that in few days there will
be another ticket in the field, headed
by Mayor Guest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
SHEEP AND THE
BANK ACCOUNT


This year has been an unusually
good one for the folks with f1ocks. At
lambing time the weather was just
right, the wind was tempered to the
shorn lamb, if they were, denuded OF
their wool at that early date, and they
all grew thriftily. Lambs and wool
have brought a profitable price, and
while every man in Lincoln who has
sheep has made good money, some
have found it more profitable than
others. Hague & Farrar, of Mulberry,
have 121 ewes and sold $1,000 worth
of wool and lambs, return Of $3.50 to
the sheep.-Fayetteville Observer.