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The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06
ANNUAL METHODIST
coNFER.ENcE, TAMPA
In session FOur Days from DsosmSsr
I2th.

Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, De-
cember 18th, the FOrty-sixth Annual
Seasion Of the Florida Methodist Con-
ference will convene in Tampa at the
Hyde Park Methodist Church. The
convepinR of the Conference in Tampa
ls noteworthy for q number of reasons
1t will be the first time in the history
of the State that the members meet in
their annual gathering west of the
HillsbOrOugh river and the first meeting
they have held In Tampa in ten years.
In this Conference there are one hun
dred and fifty ministers and at least
fifty prominent laymen, the latter be-
ing men known all over Florida who
are interested in mission and educa-
tional work, and all are looking for
ward to having one of the times of
their lives for four working days.
There is no organization in the United
States which works faster or more sys-
tematically than q Methodist Con- err
ence. In the afternoons the commit
tees confer, and while these committees
are deliberating the Bishop and the
Presiding Elders devote their energies
toward stationing the preachers for the
coming year. The Florida Conference
represents people to the number of
about thirty thousand. 1t is organized
the moment it opens and work proceeds
rapidly.
Many of the preachers will arrive in
Tampa on the 10th of December, and
there will be preaching at the Hyde
Park Church on the evening of the llth
of December. On the 18th of Decem-
Der Don. c. McMullen will deliver an
address Of welcome and the response to
this will be by Bishop G. b, Galloway,
one of the most eloquent orators in
Methodism, who will preside at the ses-
sion
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06
A Very Pleasant EvanInG.

Mr.. ana Mrs. j. j Hodges were the
pleasant hosts last Saturday afternoon
of large gathering OF friends and mem
bers Of the Woman's Club. The ladies
had arranged for 'Silver Tea," the
dual object being social enjoyment and
financial gain. A free-will offering Of
silver, amounting TO about $50, wSs the
pleasing result of the latter.
Mr. W. &. Hodges, the son of the
house, is a great lover Of horticulture,
and an extensive traveller, a combina-
tion which has made the Hodges gar
dens and conservatory one Of Tallla-
hassee's ''show places. Tropical plants
of numberless varieties flourish indoors
and out of doors, while chrysanthe.
NUNS, roses and all the native flowers
are found in great abundance and per
fection. The house is an old one, re-
modelled and added 10 from time 20 time,
until now the il'erior is one OF the
most charmlngly arranged and artistic
that our city cIn boast Of Beautiful
Carrar1 marbles, bearing the mellow
tints Of age, from Italy, oil paintings
from Sicily. md exquisite embrOlderies
from Alglcrs, are among the ornaments
of the hand - ~ ap Wtments, all SOU
venirs Of Mr HODGES travels.
The rooms were 81 boriteiy and taste
fully decorated with vines, growing
plants and h,Vcis. Hanging from a
gr,.led doorw a in the hal were punches
Of qIur-quoJ OrIu es and clusters OF
grape trull, growing In their garden,
The whu,n lpWcr 100 incIud ng the
cOnserV tory, VS. tNr wn open 20 the
guests, and O. de ighttu afternoon WIS
spent m rXamuuug and admiring the
many Objects OF interest tn be seen
every where.
The rccriviuy party were Mrs J. j.
Hodges. the hostess, Mrs. Brevard.
Mrs. Cn''les Cay and Mrs. julius
Hlrschb, rg.
An eiau.rlte and wel.r,n ndered mu-
sic,l Ir,.rau greatly added TO the
pleasure O he guests Some Of the
names on m prOkr I'm ne we're names
Of strangers, vlsi "rs TO Tallahassee,
wru h d kudly con. ehted 20 sing for
q good OF the cause. Among them
were Mrs Mm,er, uf M con, CT, Miss
Est.lle Smuh San Antonio, Tex -, aid
Messrs Walden, Of & nadI. and Shreve,
OF Phil lpuia, Pi M. Shr"vA is well
knDwl 90 our peonie, having made
many p-evi0u~ visit. here. lie has a
beautiful tenor voice, and has won a
we'll deserved popularity here bv his
willingness To 0ing on occasions OF this
kind.
Refreshmpn of sandwiches, tea and
fruit were rived IN the dining room.
and in th Irary punch WAS dis Iensed
by Mr.. & o by Dlwk'ns nd NJ ss Ma
mie MeEgctt rom 1 magnificent cut
z ass bpwi, round whose edge hung
clusters o. via, and purple grapes.
LOns Pcs, 'lo limit Of time set for
the reception the guests fingered. 10th
10 leave tn scene Of 80 much beauty,
pleasure All q NUN. hOspl'nlity.
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facts to support It, and he now has the
case so thoroughly prepared that he
feels sure Of success. Nearly one mil
lion dollars OF this cotton tax will come
t6 Florida. and where the men who paid
the tax, or their heirs, can be discov-
cred, It will be returned 70 them, and in
cases where they cannot be discovered
the money can be turned into the State
treasury.
Mr.. Clark also gave some interesting
facts and figures with reference to the
remarkable growth of rural free deliv-
cry ia his district since he took hold of
that matter In 1906. The system was
in its atruggling infancy then, with four
or FIVE carriers and between 5000 and
and s, ,OOG spent annually to keep it up.
Now there are more than fifty carriers
and more than $4,000 spent by the
Government in this district every year
to maintain the system. He had given
special attention to this matter, COZ
stantIy urged the development Of the
systern and felt that he had been of sub
stantial service to his constituents in
the success that had attended his eff
forts.
He also spoke about the much talked
about bill which he had introduce IN
Congress to impose tax upon Egyptian
cotton TO prevent it from coming into
this country, so that it might not COM
pete with our Sea Island cotton. That
bill had not been passed, nor even re-
ported back from the committee, and
he didn't expect it to be, for he knew
that until there was revision of the
tariff made by the Republican majority,
a revision certain to come after the
Presidential election, he could not ex-
pect an exception to be made in favor
of the single item of Egyptian cotton
But his bill had served the purpose he
committee, and its merits were so OBJ
vious that distinguished Republican
leaders had assured him that when tar
iff revision came, Sea Island cotton
should be protected against competition.
He was opposed to a protective tariff
as an orthodox Democrat, but it was
the law of the land, and it would be
folly for our people not to get its full
benefits when they could.
There were many other features of
Mr.. Clark's address which we must omit
for want of space. It was an excellent
and convincing speech throughout, just
the kind sensible constituent wants TO
hear from his servant in Congress,
and just the kind, also, to show that the
people made no mistake in selecting
their representative IN Washington. He
will go back beyond question, and, al
ready prominent in the House, he will
increase that prominence until he ranks
among the leaders Mr.. Clark was con-
graduated on his speech last night, and
many in the audience shook hands with
him
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 2, Is

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. Z, lSU(.
JOHN G. COLLINS, Tallahassee, Fla
My DEAR SIR / am in receipt Of your
paper of November 29th, and notice
that you are urging Leon County TO
make an Exhibit at our Florida Mid
winter International Exposition.
do not know Of any way that money
could be expended by your County to a
better advantage than proper and
complete exhibit OF Icons resources,
at our Florida Mid-winter Exposition.
There will be thousands Of people here
TO study the resources of Florida, and
surely there is no county in the State
that has a greater agricultural induce.
ment than old Leon. ! certainly shall
feel q great pride in seeing such an ex-
hibit as your county can make, made at
this Exposition,
Our buildings are rapidly nearing
completion, and every mail brings me
assurances Of County Exhibits, indivld-
ual exhibits, and also Of the large at
tendance from the various sections of
our country.
Railroads, l think. without doubt,
will carry all County Exhibits free, and
later on will give uS excursion rates
once or twice week, within the State
| hope that you will present the i'm
portance Of a proper exhibit of your
county IN such a way that your people
will think as you do, and will rally and
make an exhibit Of which the State and
your county will be proud.
Yumeto KushlDikI, Director General,
left here, last week, 20 remove the
whole japanese EXHIBIT from James
town 20 Jacksonville 20 install the same
at the Florida Mid-winter Exposition
This Ia going TO be a a very attractive
feature, with many others that we will
have.
Now let US have an exhibit Of the re-
sources of Florida in this great build
ing, and we will present one of the
grdndest ExDositions that has been
made in the South since 1884 TO '85, at
New Orleans.
Thanking you for the interest that
you have manifested, and appealing to
your good people, ! have the honor 10
be, Respectfully,
w. II SEBRING,
President Advisory Board, r. N. +.
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06
When 20 Co Home.

From the Bluffton, Ind, Banner :
when tired out. go home Wien you
want consolation. 60 home. yWhen you
want fun, 90 home. When you W nt TO
show others that you have reformed, 20
home and let your family get acquaint.
ed with the fact When you wsnt to
show yourself at your best go home and
do the act there When you feel like
being extra liberal go home and prac-
tice on your wife and children frst.
When you want TO shine with extra
brilliancy 90 home and light up the
whole household To which we would
add, when you have bad cold go home
and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and a quick cure is certain. For sale
by Tallahassee Drug c.
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06
Tax wall Street Gamblina.

Why should not the government Of
the United States tax Wall street gam
bling Representative Hepburn, Of
Iowa, Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce, thinks it
should, and The World believes the
measure ne advocates is sound.
MIR. Hepburn says
| also regard il as most desirable
that the taxing pOwe" Of the govern.
ment should be used TO prevent gam
bling i'm railroad stocks by taxing Nall
sales where delivery Is not made within
such reasonable time as to indicate that
the transaction was bona fide and not
for speculation.
So long as there is buying and selling
on margins and without the intention OF
actual delivery of the stock. speculation
will absorb tle resources Of the banks
and take money from legitimate enter.
prlses which need IT, Stock spectators
pay high rates for money, and their eff
forts are 50 attractive 10 the city banks
that the nks arr induced to make
loans outside the channels OF Legitimate
business. This MT only tends To in
vOlve the banks in speculation but IL
withdraws the money from legitimate
business enterprises.
All this is VIGOROUSLY true. For
three weeks and more legitim ate busi-
ness has be bled white in order that
ready cash could be provided TO keep
the Wall street gambling game in OPP
Grafton. Yesterday, after the United
States Treasury had again taken decis-
i've steps 70 increase the volume of cur
rency, one of the earliest proofs of the
new restoration of confidence" came
in the announcement that Stock Ex-
change brokers took off restrictions as
TO margin trading.
IL Wall street gambling is such a
prosperous business that even in a pc
ricd of great depression it can outbid
legitimate commerce and industry for
the use Of money, 1t Is prosperous
enough to pay a tax TO the Federal
Government. II can at least help pay
the interest on bonds issued by the
Treasury TO provide more money.
IL Representative Hepburn will put
his suggestion into the form of q bill and
introduce il when Congress cOnvenes, he
will find it one of the most popular
measures he ever advocated. The
World believes il will have the united
support Of the country, except for the
section Of New York City lying between
Chambers street and the Battery. -
New York World
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For any OF the ordinary diseases OF
skin Chamberlain Salve 10 excellent,
IL not only allays the itching and smart
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06
A Hearty Appetite

is wi az mosJ htoirs have. but is of no
beneht 10 tnem II they have worms.
BE sure your Jaby is not troubled with
them. Sur, -ymptoms always hungry,
rim - under iue eyes. not gaining a.
weight and yellow comp sxion. A few
doses Of White's Cream Vrrmituge viii
expsl all worm. IL ~ positive cure
and re lhle. Price g cents per bottle.
Sold by Hardee-Smith Co.
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06

Suppose you had sweet little baby
in whom. Of course, your whole life
should come 20 the gates Of great ma
ton carrying that dear little bundle Of
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06
Why santa Claus Is True.

TIE eli, nothing trueT, or lnOi whole
some, or more far-reacdlng, or more
educative, than creations of n sane and
healthy ina nation. The legend Of
Santa Cl .us is true from the reason
that it connects the childish mind with
the mysteries Of rehg on, and Is a long
stcp In the direction Of real belief. The
Farmer Is not only firm believer IN
S ,nta Claus, who is part of great
Christian festival, but he believes also
IN Fairies, and the basis Of that belief
Is very simple. How could a healthy
imagination invent anything that has
no tr zee Of truth IN il? How can the
ideals of youth and OF old age lend
themselves 80 cunningly to a scheme
that is false Let any right-lninded
person thinK the matter over. and it will
be readily perceived that the Farmer
has something more thaR possibility on
his side. Joel On ndler II riis ia I'm
Gle Remus's Ml~'z 90 - December.
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06

LosT-LA ge 5 t.,r UJg White, with
liver colo, i ~ =. City dog tag No.
81 on. Dog Comes TO name Of Jack.
Suitable reward IL returned 70
X. III. BRADFORD.
40-2t Capital City Stables.
The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06

For any OF the ordinary diseases Of
skin Chamberlain Salve 10 excellent,
IL not only allays the itching and smart
ing but effects a cure. For sale by
Tallahassee Drug Co.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-11-21

Rev. Father J J. Corbley, $. J the eloquent and gifted Catholic priest. arrived Iu Va,dcz oi the steamer Bertha. He Is on a tour of the north. ern mIsSIuus of the Catholic church, coming from Dawson here, from whence he will go to banks aud Yukon rIver points He will proba bl, remain Iu Valdez couple of weeks. and Whlle here deliver course ot lectures. Rev. Father Corbley is not only a man of unusual attaInments, but one whom it Is pleasure to meet
The Alaska prospector., 1907-11-21

C. W II. Heideman, who has char of the Copper Center government C leave on he steamer Bertha for Sitl He vii! spend the winter as ,i>ti Prof. Georgeson, and will return Copper Center in March.
 Mir Heideman has devoted the pf summer to q stu ly of and eXpeYimal with the native grasses. and to rais vegetables The season was go one for garden truck, some phau1m nal results having been aecompij-hC Especially worthy of note was { raising of large cabbage. fully matur, one head weighing II pounds.
 Forty six specimens of nat grasses were found around aruu Copper Center by Mir. Hcldcman. of which give promise Of being eco romic value A variety of natl timothy which grows along the tr near Ptarlnigau Drop i5 especla promising.
 Upder the able supervision of ' Heideman the Copper Center uatil have taken great interest IT. garde ing. During the past season ti raised vegetables enough lo supp Che whole tribe, and the frieu, rivalry between them in eui.avorI to raise the best vegetables ha, cGedt considerable interest in the work
 Mr. Heideman iS particularly pleas with the result of bis sra,On', work this line, and hopes eventually teach the natives to plan thelr gardens, thus maxi Z the problem
 iving somewhat easier for them
 Judge Lyons, L $ commissioner having q vault constructed for [ safe keeping of rocordatIOn pap, and other valuable iust!umcn I vault is to be made of concrete. 10, feet iu size, and absolutely hrcprO. Work was begun yesterday, under direction Charles Crawford. who the contract It will require ab, three weeks tlme to construct [ vault.
 In order to accommodate this nee, 5ary adjunct, the cDmmls toner quired more room, and he Assistant District Attorney Sc have exchanged quarters, Judge Sc occupying the large room formei used by the commissioner, and latter taking the two rooms former occupied by the district altorJ WhDle he vault is in process of cc siruction, the grand jury room Is |. Il.---
The Alaska prospector., 1907-11-21

Blamcy Stevens received a letter from Howard Reynolds on the steame. Gucatan, In which the writer states
 hat at q meeting of the creditors of
 he Alaska Home railway in Seattle.
 ne proposed bond issue was explained at lc"gth by Frank F. Yonugs, w. II
 Reed and himself Without dis 7eutug voice the creditors agreed to
 ahe bonds iu exchange for theiI claims. The creditors, leading busi uesS men of Seattle, said they wanted to see tbe Alaska Home railway com ple'ed and would do ali in their power 70 assist Iu 'he matter Mr. Reynolds ~iI cs if the people of Valdez who have claims against the company wCuli do as the Seattle merchants had lone, the road would be completed, as advice received from Bos on are to the effect that if the indebtedness k taken care or. funds sufficient 70 con- 9truCt the road will be forthcoming
The Alaska prospector., 1907-11-21


 It is propos ed to pay a nice compli. ment to Peter Mon ahan, the discoverer of gol on Val deg creek, upou his arriv al ii Va !deZ, about two weeks hence na nOer of public-s spiri;ei citizens ara talk Ing he initiative in arranging for a swell banquet in his honor, aud already over 500 has been raised for that purpose Every body is invited to participate m this affair, and anyone desiring 10 contribute and thereby -ecure q ticket to the function, may To so hy calling on II F. Suessdorf, Nho has the subscription paper
 Peter Mouahan belongs to that splen lad type of Alaskan prosrectors >ho possess the essential elements shat make for success iu their vocation energy, bravery and pc: severeuce .Ie went to the bead of tne SuahItuf tvcr three years ago, and after pros
 ectIug liUle while, set his stake, 'n Valdez creek, named after tnis
 own He had faith that the creek con- .alned gold in laying quantities ) hcr@ Came eaW--oud Stumpeded of . other -Cc lon MOnahau continue, us work. Two winters he passed Il
 hat lonely country, with only a faith ul Indian man for company At las
 touud the loI g-suCght gaystieak md q recent arrlval from there ]. 'utborlty for the statement that 1t i, he greatest paystreak yet found il. [ AIa7ka
 The valuc, In dollars and cents, to | Valdez ot this discovery cannot be estimated. This is the logical gateway to that section. Here Is the most de- siraOle place ln which to rocure an outfit for that country. The govern. mcIt trail may be utilized the gl CT ! part oi Inc way there, and branching out from tb, ls good road to the dig ginge
 l T. i~ extremely fitting therefore, and 1 if Was q happy thought to those responsible for its inception, that | some sort of public demoustrat. on he | made u behalf Oi the man primarily ! res ponalblc for opening up this new : tieid for human eudeavor. A banquet ! at winch appropriate toasts may be res bonded to. presents Il suitable Cc- ! casion for paying wledgments to one through whose efforts many will ! derive lasting benefits.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-11-21
The Alaska ProSpector
 And Valdez News.

Publ shed at Valdez, Alaska every Thuslay by the PRosrECToR PUBLISHING Go
 PRONE MAIN l. Entered at the Valdez POstotcC as second
 class matter. Subscription s3 per year $2 for iN months single copies jO cents
The Alaska prospector., 1907-11-21
Concerns Which FI)uris'l and Wax F., Uft IOOd Fishes of Alaska and Opa at
 U.d.r Very Conyani3nt License Laws.

in the form of large salmon pnckiul cannelies III Alaska are practical5 immune from taxation These co, cerns are operating aud yearly rpapiu, a golden harvest in the waters of th territory, aud yet through the machI nations of a law. manileStly cDEcpIveC and passed at the behe9t of theS packing companies, they escape
 legitimate tex for doing business il Alaska In striking coutraveu.;nn [. this state of affairs. every small bus ness Is required to pay a license tul iu order to CpArate in his uortherI country. The man of moderate means has no subterfuge to hide behind. no pliable law by which to escape the prescribed tax on his vocation
 Section of the Act. says that every private hatchery operated in Alaska shall be exempt from all licenses, cez and taxation of any nature, ''at he rate of ten cases of canned salmon to every 1000 salmon fry liberated" The tax on canned salmon is four cents per case These cannCry concerns operate hatcherieS in connection with their business, otherwise the fish sup ply would soon be depleted, at the enormous ate the < lmon are being consumed \ matter of self-preserva tlon actuates tn 9m to do this-not desire to perform a great public ser vice. One of the concerns liberated several million salmon fry. in the First division. Consequently, their caunpr ieS at Bristol bay, i'll tho Third division 2SOO miles away, are allowed credit on their salmon tax tU the amount of over S2O, GOO. Tn other words, for every 1000 salmon fry liberated, ten cases Of canned salmon escape taxation.
 With the approval of the secretary of commerce and labor, private hatchery at Karluk, owned by q pack ing company, released 2ISl2Sl2 .al- mon fry. It receives for every 1000 fly, as stated before, q free tax on tel cases of "a mon. An elementary s;u- dent of mathematics can thus readily determine how much revenue this concern pays to Alaska for the privi lege of fishing within it's confines.
 In whose fertile bIaig did such d law evolve? And what do these pack ing concerns give to Alaska in .eturn fpr the privilege of practically supply Ing the world with salmon from lis waters? They buy their supple es OH the outside, bri z cheap labur from the states, and like b,rds of passage come III the spring and go in the fall
 An investigation of this salmon packing business reveals q condition that should be corrected, and that without delay Indeed, the vigorous objection to q territorial form of gov erument on the pat of some promi. nent men of the north can easily be traced to the fishing industry Und r. a system of home gover ,ment these companies would undouDtcd be made to pay an q.itaJle tox to assist in maintaining the government. If the present system maintains, The ooVprumeut UiIl soon bp payiuu fham
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-15
EDUCATORS FAVOR
SEPARATE SCHOOLS

Boston, Feb 14.-President Eliot of
Harvard university. President Frost
of Berea college. Kentucky. and the
Right Rev. William Lawrence. Episco-
pal bishop OF Washington. speaking be-
fore the Twentieth Century club to-
night. expressed themselves as being
more or less in favor of separate public
schools for negroes.
President Eliot defended the separate
school system OF the south and said
that the thirty colored students now ut
Harvard are not enough 70 make an
influence FOR evil on the student mass
of the university. He said. however
that if the number increased 10 any ex-
tent he should favor separation.
President Frost described the condi-
tons and methods OF conducting Berea
college. where both races are sepa-
rated.
Bishop Lawrence agreed with Presi-
dent Eliot TO a certain extent. He
thought there might be separate insti-
tutions when the two populations were
nearly equal