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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
Charles T. Barney Takes
Own Life Following
Failure.
HIGH IN WALL STREET
Demand for Tariff Concessions
Figures in Deal for More
Gold.

New York, Nov. 14.-charles T. Bar
ney, president of the knickerbocker
Trust company, recently closed, COM
mitted suicide this afternoon.
The knickerbocker was one of the
largest trust companies of the city and
had liabilities estimated at S65, ,ooo, 900.
Barney was long prominent in the
financial life of New York. His wife
Is sister of the late William C. Whit
ney.
Are Broken OF.
Paris, Nov. 1.-THE negotiations
which J. p. Morgan & Co. have been
conducting with the Bank of France
to obtain $20,0O0,O00 to $4,000, 900 in
gold have been broken of.
Tariff Figures in Deal.
New York, Nov. 14.-It is learned
certain banking interests, among them
]. P. Morgan, are trying to secure
large amount of gold direct from the
Bank of France. The bank has in
timated its willingness to send $780,
OO0,00O, and also intimated certain po-
litical questions. particularly with ref
erence to some preferential tariff
agreement, were involved in the nego-
tiations.
May Get 1t, Anyway.
In the event Washington officials,
who were informed, cannot see their
way to participate in the matter, it is
likely the gold will be brought over,
anyway.
Mint Gets s1O,oOO,OOO.
Philadelphia, Nov. 1870, ,000,0 900 in
gold bullion was received for the mint
today from England and will at once
be made into eagles for American
circulation.
Sets RumOr at Rest.
New York, Nov 14.-Secretary of
the Treasury George B. Cortelyou ar
rived in town last night and at once
set at rest the Wall street rumor that
he had decided presently to call upon
the national banks of the country for
10 per cent of their government de-
posits.
"Of course" said the secretary, 81
have done nothing of the sort" then
added: This is no time to deal in
rumors. especially as to the actions of
the secretary of the treasury"
Decides to Issue Scrip.
Chicago, Nov. 14-At a meeting of
the Chicago Clearing House associa.
tion held late yesterday it was decided
on the recommendation of the clearing
house committee to issue clearing
house checks for the purpose nj meet
ing pay rolls in Chicago and The sur
rounding district as soon as they can
be prepared. 1t is expected that they
will be out tomorrow The checks
will be in denominations of 81, 81, s.
and $40 and will be issued by the
clearing house association in paymen
of clearing house certificates of large
denominations which have been pre-
viously issued to the banks. For con
venience in handling, they will bt
drawn upon only four of the leading
banks of the city, the First National
Corn Exchange National, Continenta
National, and Commercial National
Railroads Accept Them.
The general managers of the % rail
roads entering Chicago have declares
to the clearing house association tha
they will issue orders to their employe
to take the checks in payment of al
railroad business.
Declare Big Dividend.
New York, Nov. 14.-Directors of th
Union Pacific railway declared qua
terly dividend of 212 per cent on con
mon stock today.
>~ua m - ~ - "a - an - r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
clerk Reported Short $1,000.

Kokomo, Ind, Nov. 14.-As the re-
suit of an alleged shortage of $4,000,
Howard Bull, clerk of the circuit and
superior courts here, is prostrated and
may not recover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
TWO Killed in ExpIosion

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 1.-two men
were killed by the explosion of the
boiler at the plant of the ]. Woller
company, manufacturers of tomato cat
sup and preserves, today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
Declare Big Dividend.
COLLEGE BURNED
Monmouth School Destroyed,
One Man Losing Life---
Will Rebuild.

Monmouth, ILL.,, Nov. 14.-Monmouth
college burned today. The loss is
O,00O. Orval Dean, telephone line
man, lost his life by being buried un-
der several floors. The fire started
from a defective flue. The college
will be rebuilt at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
HEAD OF KNICKERbOCkER
TRUST COMPANY SUICIDE

methods now in use was advocated in
a paper read by Henry Bergh of New
York before the American Humane
association here yesterday. 1t was
the second Of three days conference
which is being held here by the asso-
citation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
Iurx Acuuits Pastor.

Joliet, H., Nov. 1.-THE jury today
acquitted Rev. Benjamin F. Graft, for
mer Baptist minister, accused, of fo:-
gerry in connection with an insurance
application.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
Weston in Buffalo.

Buffalo. N. Y, Nov. 14.-Edwar;i
Payson Weston reached Buffalo about
6 o'clock last evening. Later he was
given a reception at the rooms of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
STREET CAR MEN STRIKE
Eleven Hundred Affected by Struggis
Begun at Louisville.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 1.-THE local
organization of the Amalgamated AS
sociation of Street Electric Railway
Men of America today declared 4
strike against the Louisville Street
Railway company effective at midnight
The company employees 1,100 men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
THANKSGIVING DAY NAMED
Governor Deneen Issues His Proclama.
ton Urging Observance.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 14.-Governor
Deneen has issued a proclamation ap-
pointing Thursday, Nov. %, as day
of thanksgiving, and urging that it be
observed with appropriate ceremonies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14

the assessment of the capital stock of
railroads and in the assessment OF the
capital stock of corporations. These
are accounted for by the decided in
crease in the assessment of the tangi-
BILE property of these corporations, the
increased assessment of tangible prop
erty necessitating corresponding re-
duction in the tax upon the capital
stock. In the case of the capital stock
of railroads the decrease amounts to
$675,03S, and in the capital stock of
other corporations the amount Of the
decrease is $2,057, sol.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
Declare Cattle ouarantine.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 14.-Governor
Sheldon has issued a proclamation es-
tablishing a cattle quarantine in west
ern Nebraska to check the spread Of
scabbies. All cattle shipped to Omaha
or the eastern markets must be in
spected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
Watch Mercury's Transit.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE transit
of Mercury across the face of the sui
was successfully observed today at the
United States naval observatory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
XIII Cattle by GuiIIotine?

Boston, Mass, Nov. 14.-The use o.
the guillotine and of electricity in kill
ing animals for food in place OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
BRITISH PREMIER IS Ill
Sir Henry Campbell 6annerman suf-
ferinu from Heart Trouble.

Bristol. Nov 14.-Premier Sir Hen
ry Campbell -Bannerman, after address
ing a political meeting. was seized
with sudden illness last night. Doc
tors have been summoned from Lon
don. Heart trouble is the ailment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-14
EXCESS OF STOCK
Two Rock Island County Cor.
porations Report More Paper
Than Tangible Property,
ACCORDING TO ASSESSMENT
State Equalizers Fix Tax to Be Paid
by Peoples Power and Union Elec-
trio Telephone Companies.

Springfield, ILL.,, NOV. 14.-(ArguS
Special. 1.-The following is the assess.
ment by the state board of equaliza-
ton of the Rock Island corporations
the assessed value of whose capital
stock exceeds the equalized value of
their tangible property as assessed },
the local assessors.
Amount of capital took paid UP as
reported by Peoples Power company =,
100000; Union Electric Telephone
and Telegraph company, $55O,0OO.
Full equalized value of capital stock
and franchise as determined by state
board of equalization, Peoples Power
company, $240,000; Union Electric
Telephone and Telegraph company
$4,000.
Assessed value of capital stock de.
termined and equalized by state board
of equalization, Peoples Power com.
pany, $4,000; Union Electric Tele
phone and Telegraph company, $23, 3,114
Equalized value of tangible propert J
assessed by local assessors deducted
Peoples Power company, $29,O6Q;
Union Electric Telephone and Tele
graph company, $22,14O.
Net assessment of capital stock, be
Ing the excess Of equalized value OF
capital stock and debt over tangible
property assessed by local assessors
Peoples Power company, $20,000'
Union Electric Telephone and Tele
graph company, $1,000.
Big Increase I'm State.
The total assessed value of taxable
property in the state for the year 1907
is S1,252, 2,06S,631. The amount is an
increase of $125 5,401,974 over the ag
gregate assessed value as fixed one
year ago.
The foregoing assessment being bas
ed upon one-fifth of the actual value
of all classes of property, the result
establishes the actual value of taxable
property in the state at 5000, ,343, ,155
A meeting of the state tax commits
sion, consisting of the governor, audi
tor and treasurer, will be held within
a few days to fix the state tax rate i
| is probable that the rate will be fixet
at so cents taxation on each 500 o.
equalized assessment. The rate las
year was SO cents and the same rate
this year will produce an increased
revenue, which, it is estimated, will bt
sufficient to meet the increased de
! mands upon the state treasury.
Division of Property.
The following table shows the equal
lied assessment of all classes of prop
| o,ty 70 1907.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
Fertilizer For Irish Potatoes.

A good fertilizer for Irish potatoes
would be one containing two or three
per cent. OF nitrogen, four TO ST. per
cent. of available phosphoric acid
seven to ten per cent. Of sulphate of
potash. Muriate of potash should
not be used on Irish potatoes as it
has tendency to make them slick
when cooked and not "mealv," the
quality, of course, most desirable in
an Irish potato and one which COM
mends it especially to the housewife.
You can buy nitrate of potash or cot
ton seed meal, acid phosphate and
potash and make your own mixture
just as we'll as to use some of the
preparations now on the market, and
in fact, you should be able to make
your own mixture for considerably
less than you can purchase the ready
mixed fertilizer containing the desir-
able percentages Of plant food. A
fertilizer for Irish potatoes may be
applied underneath, the drill to good
advantage before seeding the pota-
toes The roots will then quickly
reach it and the plant obtain an
abundant supply of available plant
food during the early stages of its
growth.-Professor Soule.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11

words are bitter mockery. for whom
no changing seasons bring cessation
from toll and WEAKNESS. What of
them in these days of summer sun
shine and joy?
There should be zone such, ex-
cept the vicious. And Christianity
cannot rest while such mortals live,
disfranchised of their right to rest
and happiness. The unaccomplished
mission Of our faith is the redress of
every economic inequality. There is
no gospel which is not a gospel of So
cial service. We live to bring all
mankind into the family of God. But
meanwhile, while such poverty re-
mains, while such evil conditions sad
den and appall us, what right have
we to our holidays, to our happiness?
Can we sit at our feast blindfold, or
dare we open our eyes? What right
have we to any feast while our broth
ers starve in the midst of plenty?
None, If our lives are wrong. If we
are living for ourselves, thinking,
planning, accommodating for ourselves.
none. But if all life to us is a sacred
trust, if happiness is only SO much
stored up energy to be expended in
divine redemptive toll, then go. keep
the feast, charge your blood and
brain with health and food your soul
with joy.
'For the present go away and for
get! It is a counsel of perfection
and you would not follow it, else I
should say to you, go where you can
have no letters, no newspapers, no
kilograms, where the ring of the tele-
phone bell is never heard, and where
even the Marconi cannot come. But
at least do your best to forget. For
get your business. Forget your
debts Forget your debtors. Forget
that in this world there is suffering,
sickness or sin. Only remember that
the sun shines for you, the moonlight
and the starbeams are for you, the
tides ebb and flow for you, the gorse
upon the hillside, the purple heather
and the fields dressed in living green
are for you"
Dr. Aked said he had no patience
with the attitude which makes a sad
and doleful thing out of the practice
and forms Of Christian worship.
Let us have done with these SOL
emn hyDocrisies of conventional wor-
ship" he said. Let us frankly
claim our heritage o. happiness in a
WOrlU whose maker anu DuiluST Is
God. One day Paxton Hood had to
preach in a Yorkshire church. 1t
was a glorious summer morning. A
good brother gave out:
My thoughts on awful subjects roll,
Damnation and the dead
But Paxton Hood leaped to his
feet and said. oh, no. they don't.
My thoughts do not roll on anything
so dreadful. Let us sing:
Come let us join our cheerful songs,
With angels round the throne
1--WE pray God to forgive our sins,
we ought to pray to be forgiven our
sadness. There is no virtue in mis-
cry. The melancholy person is not
necessarily a superior person; and if
he were the superior person is gener-
ally detestable. A face as long as
fiddle and voice like a crows will
not be imputed 20 us for righteous
ness. We shall not go to heaven for
our tears Or to hell for our smiles.
Humor is a gift of God as we'll as pa
thos."
The best way to spend Sunday or
any other holiday, said DR.. Aked, was
to follow Christ's advice to His dici-
pies: Come We yourselves apart into
desert place and rest awhile"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
Southern Agricultural Topics.


various reasons tat = variety is ss&s.
hat HIhad 10 tA1e ekoiee 90 all feed
crors and choose ere crop oai 81 tns
lot. that crop would he sorghum IN
the arx: place. Il il alnuoEs SURE NO
extreme OF rain Or dgoaga ever cuts y
OF entirely. i wsl! wait for raia
In time NJ erouth and hold On
through = continued rainy spell for
dry weathe~ Then IL IS paiatable.
nutritious hay which is rclished by
horses, mules. cows and hogs. a
good quality OF sorghum hay Is a.
good as any hay In the world with
the possible exception Of alfalfa. COW
peas and other legumes-
Then agTn Il is easily grown and
comparatively easy To cure. IL does
best. OF course. on rich land. but will
make q crop Oh any lEnd that other
crops grow on.
Cultivation Is simple. II may b
planted liz rows ard cultivated. or
sown broadcast on well-pTepared
seed-bed. II in rows from four 10
twelve quarts seed per acre. accord
Ing to fertility OF laad. II broadcast
from two 10 four bushels seed per
acre. When planted in rows this
hay may be cut with corn-binder and
nut at once into shock to cure. IL
broadcast IL must be cut with mower
and cured as other hay.
AS stated. this crop will stand all
sorts of extremes. but 1t responds
readily TO good tTe2tment.-W L.
w, in Cultiyato-.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
The Way TO Raise Chickens.

While on our visit to Gwinnctt
County, MrE. Miller showed us her
incubator, chicken yard and chick
ems. We often see all the para
phernalia," but not SO often such q
high per cent. of thrifty chickens as
the output Years ago We were
struck by reading In one of Mrs.
Browning's poems that it took I'm
telligence to clean pig-sty. We
are sure it takes diligent intelligence
to make success OF the poultry busi-
ness. Mrs Miller has clearly shown
us how one can succeed without 60
ing to great expense-just using care
and work to do all the necessary de-
tails at the right time and in the
right way. She has two incubators
running in back room in her house.
Out of 800 eggs she Matched $40
chicks and had lost only one OF
them. She never allows her incuba-
tors to be idle or lose the proper
temperature. She had lot Matching
and eggs to refill when the little
chicks should be taken out. She had
converted an old barn into chicSen
house and put yards and runs ada
cent. She had some brooders or
dered, but as they had not come, she
improvised one out of an old stove
and some old quilts. Mr.. Miller said
he was pressed into service and all
the changes made in the barns and
wire for yards, etc, had not cost over
$3.50. Everything had been white
washed by using spray pump in
stead of a brush. For cleanliness
and effectiveness it was the best
chicken plant we have ever seen.
She had scattered some wheat chaff
over the brooder house floor, and the
little fellows, chipping and scratch
ing busily for their food, was a pic
ture of interest that We will never
forget. Anyone can succeed raising
chickens who can arouse enthusiasm
enough in the business to perform
all the necessary work and do it ex-
actly at the right tine and in the abb
solute clearly way.-Southern Guilt
vator.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
Sorghum Hay.

There lave been thousands o. dol
lars spent trying to grow timothy,
blue grass, red clover and other hay
grasses in the Southern States, which
are not indigenous to this section
and which almost invariably fail to
prove profitable; while sorghum,
which is at home in this climate and
which so far as I know has never
made a failure when given half a
chance, has been neglected as a hay
crop. It seems to be weakness in
human nature to. take chances on
some speculation rather than depend
on natural conditions. This is no
less true of the cotton future dealer,
the purchaser of a gold brick or a life
getting something for nothing in each
case that tempts the investor. He is
not satisfied to accept the compare
lively small profit, though it be ever
so sure, on his everyday Flooding
occupation. but hopes by investing a
dollar in cotton futu<es. life insur-
ance or gold brick to take out for
tune This same idea controls many
of us in trying new crops. We are
not satisfied with four tons sorghum
hay per acre, but spend our good
money for seed of some fakir's bill
lion dollar grass" which is claimed
to make several times as much.
Next to cotton, sorghum is un-
doubtedly the best single crop grown
in the Southern States. l do not
advocate a cne-crop system to the
exclusion of other crops. I think for
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
COULDN'T KEEP TT
Kept it Hid From the Children.

We cannot keep Grape-Nuts food
In the house. 1t goes so fast 1 have
to hide it, because the children love
1t so. 1t is just the food have been
looking for ever SO long; something
that do not have to stop to prepare
and still is nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the mos. scientific
ally made food on the market. 1t is
perfectly and completely cooked at
the factory and can be served at an
1nstant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk If hot dish
is desired. When milk or water is
used, q little sugar should be added.
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar. which can
be seen glistening on the granules.
is sufficiently sweet to satisfy the pal
ate. This grape-sugar is not poured
over the granules, as some people
think. but exudes from the granules
IN the process of manufacture, when
the starch of the grains is changed
from starch to grape-sugar by the
process Of manufacture. This, in eff
feet, is the first act of digestion;
therefore, Grape-Nuts food is pre-
digested and is most perfectly as
simulated by the very weakest stom-
ach. There's z Reason"
Made at the pure food factories OF
the Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Reed the little health classic, "The
Road 10 WellVilie." in pkss.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11

A newspaper uSa >z A..
Eilhu Root boa long d .=-, :
American occupation - g s..
.ax; got the following sc-7 = -
A kgndcrgarsea teacaey ass.. -.
OF boys:
Have you . warm eozt-~
Yes" was the reply
-Caa you take OF yol- a1-- -
Yes"
HAS a bear \ warm coa:-r
Yes"
"can . bear take 81 g.. ".
eoatg"
Ne"
why eanno, lthe bear take CO I,
warm coai."
This puzzled the yoangs'e-s 4 :.
ment. and thea one cub o. ;ae "A
row yelled:
Cause God only knows Were \,
buttons are!"-Ph!iadelphla R--zs
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S PASTOR SAYS
WORKERS NEED A SUMMER VACATION
Tie Gh Medicine That VIII Rest the Body and Clear the Brain to Be
Found in the Quiet Places Of the Country.


New York City. - The Rev. Dr.
pastor brought from England by
John D. Rockefeller, preached his
last sermon for the summer at the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, ard
advised the members of his congre-
cation to get out of town, rest, for
get troubles, debts, newspapers, tele-
phones and business. City life of to-
day, especially in such cities as New
York, is almost enough to drive men
crazy, said DR.. Aked, and the only
medicine that will rest the body and
clear the brain is to be found in the
quiet places of the country.
There has been no day in the his
tory of the world when such counsel
was more needed than to-day" he
said. There are no people on ~the
face of the whole earth who have
more cause to heed it and profit by it
than we. Our cities are too vast and
too crowded.
Man, like the other animals, was
meant for the fresh air and the open
fields, for the storms, the SHOWS and
the sunshine. But he claps a stone
box down over his head, sets it in the
midst of hundred thousand other
stone boxes as ugly as his own,
stretching away in beWildering
squares and parallelograms, shutting
out Gods air and light, until he is
ready to faint on a warm day and
freeze on cold one, and die of pneu-
mOnia-or terror-if the east wind
blows upon him.
This crowded, rushing, pushing,
crushing city life gets on our nerves
We live too fast. We live faster than
men ever lived before. We live more
than twenty-four hours in the day
and more than seven days in the
week. We burn the candle at both
ends, and then, for fear that our
neighbor will get ahead of us, we
light 1t in the middle, too. We are
consumed by the fever of living. We
exhaust our vital energies in unend-
ing stress and strain.
eve have no time to think It is
as much as we can be expected to do
if We earn bread and cheese and lay
by a pound or two against rainy
day. The great majority of us are
Just as capable OF flying as we are OF
thinking. Leisure for quiet contem-
plation Of the world which we live in
is denied us. There is no grass be-
meath our feet, no blue sky over our
head. The world of trees and flow
ers and singing birds is not for u.s.
Art and poetry and gentle culture ex-
list only in world of dreams. While
if we once gave ourselves pause to
mediate upon the deep things of
God and the soul, on time and it's
meaning, life and its mysteries, heav-
en- and the glories which we thrust
away, why-we might miss the next
car!
The Injunction which insults me
every time l travel in the subway is:
Step lively, now! Hurry up, there!'
Hurry by all means, for we could not
live If we did not kill ourselves to
get somewhere else
Dr. Aked repeated Lewis Morris
"Evensong," and said: There is one
consideration which we cannot es-
cape. What of the myriads of our
brethren pent up in mean streets,
prisoners of the counting house and
the shops, slaves of the mill and the
mine, of the poor and heavy laden of
every nameless class, to whom these
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-07-11
ALMOST A SOLID SORE
skin Disease From Birtil-Forfuue
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cared Her With Cuticura.

i have cousin in Rockingham Co. who
once had skin disease from her birth un-
III she was SIX years of age. Her father
had spent fortune on her 10 get her cured
and none OF the treatments did her any
good. Old DIR. C suggested that he try
the CutIcura Remedies, which he did.
When he commenced 10 use it the child
was aIs,ost IN solid scah. He had used it
about two months and the child was we'll
and could hardly believe she was the
same child. Her skin was as soft as
oahy without scar on it. 1 have not
seen her IN seventeen years. but | have
heard from her and the last time ! heard
from her she was well. Mrs. w. T.. inzle.
Burlington, n. G., June 10. 1906"