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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-17
I Sez: Les Burn It.

room. oh, how my heart sunk then!
q don't want to hold out any false
hopes to you people, he says, but
think with proper care from now on,
your little girl is goin' t git WELL
Elsie, it seemed jest like a ton of
hay had been lifted off my chest right
there. AS fer your ma, why she jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could. After Doc. was gone we went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t. anybody in tn world-the
health of our baby girl. You know
your pa amt no ranter er shouter;
yer ma bein' Baptist has furnished
most of TIL r'ligion fer our house, but
jest then l seen how it was that they
comes times in peoples lives when
they've jest got to have somethin'
bigger an greater than anything hui
man t. turn to with a great joy er a
great sorrer.
well, it was long time yet before
you was strong enough t play out
doors, an it was a hard winter ]
burned every post of the fence around
the south eighty fer firewood afore
it was over. But it seemed like we
had so much t. be thankful fer that
we was strong t. care fer any any of
tn smaller troubles that we come
acrost.
"It really hain't so bad to look back
at it now after tn trouble is over, but
them hard years in Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors T. give up
their land an move away, broke in
hopes an pocketbook. Them of us as
stayed is purity well fixed now, but
we fit fer everything we got, an fit
nard, too. An, o, yes, about tn caty-
logs. Well after you was well an
things begun t. take a turn fer tn
better, one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid it on the kitch-
en- table an says: 'Ezry, what do you
want t. do with this?' An 1 sez: Les
burn it. An your ma sez: Jest what
was thinkin', too An so we did
burn it, an what's more, we amt
never had one in tn house since, an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any of the stores in Huston,
cause we want to deal with them as
has an int'rest in the country we i've
in, an in us people that live clost by.
why, you needn't of put yours in
tn stove, too. Elsie. 1 didn't mean
yes, l don't know but what it's jest as
well s done it after ALL"
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for. We hadn't been tradin' much
with the stores in Huston. buyin'
mostly from the catylog folks y know,
an so we didn't have any credit there
to speak of. But 1 went t. Foster, tn
druggist, an told him how things
was. l didn't have no money t pay
fer tn medicine an things, an the
prospects fer the next year was as
poor er poorer than tn last
why cert'nlee. Mr.. Williams he
says, jest let us know what you want
an we'll carry you along till times
come better fer you. We're all in a
tight pinch now, but If we hang t'geth-
er things is all goin' to come out right
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In the end I have faith in tn coun'
try. an in the people that live here.
an nobody's sick baby is a goin' to
suffer If kin help any
We'll, it was the same thing at
Harlow's grocery. an th' coal yard,
everywhere in tn town. 'Cert'nlee,
Mr.. Williams, we'll see y through on
this 1t made me feel mean an small
some way, though / don't know why.
An often when they'd put in a few
oranges or somethin' like that, sayin'
in 'pologizin' sort of way. little
somethip' fer tn sick baby, Williams,
why somehow it made hard lump
come up In my throat, an l had
queer feelin' in my eyes, kinder achy
like, y know.
well, to be short about it, fer eight
weeks you KEEP gittin' weaker an
weaker, an we KEEP feelin's more n
more hopeless. 1t was a sad christ
mas in our home that year. Your ma
was Jest wore out with watchin' an
tryin' to do her work between times,
an was SO nigh sick with trouble an
disbursement t l ust to go around
by the barn an jest cry like baby.
But / never let on to your ma though,
ner she t me- We tried t encourage
each other though we knowed in our
hearts t all our cheerful words was
lies. an each one knowed the other
knowed it too.
well, jest tn night before New
Years Doc. called us outside your
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Folk penounces Mall.order Idea.

Addressing meeting of retail mer-
chants in Jefferson city recently, Gov
ernor Folk, of Missouri, said:
I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and we want TO increase wealth
and population, and we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. l do not believe in the mail
order citizen. If place is good
enough for a man to live in and to
make his money in, its good enough
for him to spend his money in.
mo merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another
Patronize your town papers, build
them up and they will build the town
up in increased trade and greater op-
portunities. Do not be afraid that
business is geing to be hurt by the re-
cent exposures of wrong-doing in the
commercial world"
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by good fortune, as Mr. Corey was
said to be. Mr.. White lived for 33
years with the wife of his youth. To
gether they had planned and worked
to build up the foundations of his
millions. After they had grown old
and rich together they found that love
had flown out through the window
as the millions came pouring in at the
door. Mr.. White left home and Mrs.
White sued for divorce. There was
no public scandal in the case. but it
certainly was enough to make Cupid
weep. He likes to see the white
haired man and wife going down the
hill of life hand in hand. Having
borne the burden of the day together,
they should reconcile themselves to
the calm and peace of the evening
w. ]. Lemp, the millionaire brewer
of st. Louis. also had trouble which
resulted in his separation from the
beautiful Mrs. Lemp. known in St.
Louis as the "lavendar lady" on ac.
count of the prevailing color scheme
of her many beautiful gowns.
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Chicago.-Surely New Years day
must have been the saddest that Gu.
pid ever has spent When the little
Will be compelled TO sit down and
weep, for the list OF the matrimonial
wrecks of the year shows an awful
number of disasters. There have
been enough domestic jars to shake
the continent worse than the earth
quake shook San Francisco. II they all
had occurred at one instant The
tears that have been shed would make
a salty sea if they could be collected
In the desert basin of Sahara.
Indeed. 1t has been a bad year for
Cupid. Divorces have been more
numerous than In any other twelve
months since marriage became an In
stitution. Princes. dukes. counts.
statesmen, magnates. and millionaires,
butchers. doctors, grocers, lawyers,
and laborers have come to grief in
their love affairs.
In the good old days people married
and lived happily ever after" Now
the problem of the novel begins in
stead of ending at the altar. People
get married and then get divorced.
Chicago still leads the world in d.
vorce population, and perhaps in the
facility with which divorce is grant
ed, due cause being shown. The hear
ing of testimony and the granting of
a decree in default cases in this city
takes only few minutes, and the
average length of time consumed is
estimated at ten minutes by people
who study divorce methods. That
is why the local courts are known as
'"divorce mills" They work with the
speed of steam buzz saw as they go
through the knots of matrimony. Your
lawyer files the papers, your case
IS called. and burr-r-r-you are di-
ivorced.
1t is the women who keep the buzz
saw working in the divorce mills in
Chicago. Four out of five suits are
brought by the wives. The men are
meaner than the women, perhaps;
or else the husbands are more willing
to tough 1t out without appeals to the
court.
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Four Times as Many Separations.

Among the more famous Chicago
cases of the year might be mentioned
that of Clarence Eddy, the organist.
This was a musical romance, in which
the first discord was struck after near
ly 80 years of married life. The ar
tistic temperament of the great or
ganist is mentioned in connection
with the domestic unhappiness. Cupid
has had trouble from time immemorial
with the artistic temperament. The
separation of the Eddys occurred in
Paris, and Mr.. Eddy first brought suit
in Chicago. but afterward dismissed
his case and secured the divorce in
South Dakota last summer.
The list of the years domestic trag-
edies might be continued almost end
lessly. 1t is no wonder that Cupid
weeps. Efforts are being made by d.
vorce congresses and reformers to
cure the evil by a nationa, divorce
law. 1t is claimed that If the road
to separation were made more diff
cult to travel there would be fewer
divorces and perhaps less unhappi-
ness.
In recent years, while the popula-
ton was increasing 30 per cent, the
number of divorces has risen 800 per
cent. The disproportion is increas-
ing rapidly. If it keeps on for another
generation there will be divorce for
every marriage.
Meantime detected Cupid ponders
the case. He knows how to make
people fall in love and marry, but he
can find no way in which they may
be happy though married. He doubts
much If legislation against divorce
would compel them to continue to
love one another.
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greater distress to Cupid. the deity
of all true lovers. 1t would seem that
the CLEAN of suddenly acquired mil
lions, as seen through the smoky at
mosphere of Pittsburg, is sufficient to
blind the eyes of love.
William E. Corey was ruined by Mr..
Carnegie, so Mr.. Corey's uncle is re-
ported to have said. This was be-
cause Mr.. Carnegie put Mr.. Corey in
the way of becoming rich. The head
of the great steel trust, looking for
pleasure and thrills" in the byways
OF life. found only .unhappiness. AS
the familiar saying goes, he couldn't
stand prosperity" All the world is
familiar with the story of Mr.. Corey's
spectacular rise in the world of f.
nance and of the alleged escapades
which caused his wife to leave him
She obtained divorce last summer
after living in the state Of Nevada
long enough to acquire citizenship
under the liberal laws of that state
In her bill she charged her husband
with desertlon, but it generally was
understood that the family happiness
was wrecked by Mr.. Corey's public at
tentions to Mabelle Gilman. an act
ress.
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. good wife. If what he says be true
Or II his wife was good, as she de
clares she was, then the aged New
York senator was not wise enough tt
keep her. He is not the first mar
marked by Cupid. however. as being
unable to live up to his own epigrams
When the separation of the Platts
occurred a few months ago Mrs. Plat
defied her husband. notwithstanding
the charges he made. and threatened
to bring suit against him. She in
sisted that he should give her share
of his riches. She is quoted as say
ing: He bought my beauty; now lei
him pay for it" If the senator did
not pay in money, at least he paid in
sorrow and humiliation and loss oil
dignity-paid to the last farthing.
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IAIr of Ees.lvl.y in Courtroom.

While Cupid weeps at the sight of
u divorce court, that is more than the
complainant does. One Chicago d.
vorce lawyer says that there is a no
lticeable air of festivity in the court
room when cases are being heard.
The average woman who appeals to
the courts for release nanifests no
sense of sorrow or humiliation. 1t
is a business proposition with her.
She sues her husband for his cruelty
or desertion and tells the story to the
court in a business-like way The
uninformed stranger, strolling into
the courtroom. easily might think the
dispute was over grocery bill or a
ruined gown. rather than ruined
life. The law says she may have a
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Mixture of Many Nations.

Louis N. Parker, the dramatist, was
born in France; his father was an
American, his mother an English
woman; his first language was Italian
and he was educated in Germany.
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Love Leaves Aftv Many Years.

1t is small wonder that Senator Plat
declared in one of his latest inter
views that his life as he had lived II
was not worth the living" and that
IL he had the years back he would
spend them differently. Rich and
powerful as he is he finds nothing in
his old age to compensate him for the
disrupted home.
w. j. White, the chewing gum mag
nate Of Cleveland, was the central
figure in one of the domestic wrecks
of the year. Perhaps he was spoiled
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grave charges against Mrs. Hartje
and her coachman and counter
charges on the part of the wife that
she was the victim of conspiracy,
in which her husband-the man she
had loved and with whom she had
lived-sought to blast her reputation
by hired and perjured testimony. This
was one of the most notorious domes-
tic tragedies ever aired in any court
of amy land. 1t was worse even than
the Tagagrt case. Alone it was enough
to make the year memorable in the
matter OF divorce.
In contrast with this the trouble of
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes and Wilson
Miner were almost farcical. Mr.
Yerkes. the traction magnate, died
in New York in December last under
circumstances that called the atten-
ton of the whole world to his widow
Although they had not been living to-
gether harmoniously during the later
years of his life, Mrs. Yerkes declared
that her husband had never ceased
to love her, and that she was devoted
to his memory.
Yet within month 1t was an
nounced that Mrs. Yerkes had mar
ried Wilson Miner. At first the pub
lie refused to believe it. Miner was
not 80 and the widow of Yerkes was
more than 80. He was gay young
soldier of fortune, and people only
laughed when he smiled and admitted
that the marriage had taken place,
especially as Mrs. Yerkes tearfully
and Indignantly declared that the idea
was absurd.
But the news was true. Miner and
Mrs. Yerkes were man and wife. Be-
fore people were through talking
about the case the couple quarreled
and parted and remained apart. 1t
was said, though not known TO be
true. that Mr.. Miner had insisted
upon her giving him $1,000, 900. and
that she had refused. After the sep
aration Mrs. Yerkes- Miner explained
the marriage by saying: Mr.. Miner
came to me at a time when l was
locking at life through eyes that we're
flied with tears. He was an artist.
He enchanted me. The way | was ap-
preached first startled and amazed
me, then captivated me-" But within
few days she discovered. she saws.
that the young man did not love her.
The case was nine days joke to the
public, but 1t was a great shock to
Cupid, who insists that all matters
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divorce. and she proposes to get it.,
That is all. If her husband has a
good position or a bit of property, she
asks for alimopy. The struggle for
some form of maintenance sometimes
becomes strenuous. showing that the
woman regrets the loss of the man
who has been her support rather more
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present unhappiness proves that the
belief was unfounded
Among the wrecks of the year none
has caused more comment than the
"Pittsburg cases. which include the
tragical unhappiness of the Thaws,
the Coreys. and the Hartjes. and GER
tainly no other cases have caused
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Coachman Figures in Many Cases.
The Hartje case of Pittsburg made
the whole country gasp. 1t involved
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Cupid and Senator PIatt.

Senator Thomas c. Platt of New
York is reported as saying: 1T is
better to be wise than to be rich"
and that "a good wife is the best of
all a mans possessions" Yet Sena-
tor Platt was not wise enough to get
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SAD YEAR FOR CUPID
WAS ONE JUST PAST
DOMESTIC JARS FREQUENT AND SEVERE
Matrimonial Wrecks Almost Beyond Counting Haue
.SfreDn the Shores of Life West Far Ahead of the
East in the Number of DiUorces That Haze
Been Asked For and Granted

than the loss Of the man who has
been her husband.
All this is like comic opera, but 1t
makes Cupid weep. He has been tell
ing the world for thousands of years
that marriage is a sacred institution,
and now he first discovers that 1t is
a joke.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riages in New York is one in four.
In Chicago 1t Is one in nine; In San
| Francisco 1t Is one in four. The
further west you go the more fire.
| quent are divorces. The decree sepa-
ration has hitched its wagon to the
star of empire. Kansas City, Los An
geles. and Seattle are as bad as San
Francisco. in each Of these cities there
being one divorce to every four mar
riages. The statistics for Sioux Falls
are kept locked up in a reporter proof
vault
The most notable case of the year.
| perhaps, was the International tragedy
| of the Castellanes. For years the
world had Witnessed the extrava-
| gances and indiscretions of Count
Boni and wondered how much longer
the poor countess would endure them
for the sake of her children. Ameri-
can sympathy, almost without excep-
ton, has been with Anna Gould, for
however much Jay Gould. the rail
road magnate, may have been dis
| trusted, his daughters always were
popular. Count Castellane was a RI
diculous joke to people who took life
lightly and an exaggerated villain to
those who took 1t seriously.
Troubles of Heiresses and Titles.
When the countess finally left her
husband, people on both sides of the
Atlantic said 1t served him right. The
matter of separation has been set
tied, but the count still is clamoring
for money-millions of ito pay his
debts. Perhaps in the final disposi-
ton of the case he will receive an
allowance even greater than the ali
mony of Mrs. o. H. p. Belmont, who
draws s250000 year from her former
husband, w. X Vanderbilt Count
Castellane is said to have cost S15,-
100000 when the Gould family first
bought his title and 1t probably will
take as much more for them to be rid
of their bad bargain.
The domestic wreck of the Marlbor-
oughs was more of surprise to the
world. There had been rumors of
disagreements. but these were not
thought to be serious. The duke of
Marlborough, like the count de Cas-
tellane, was not able to understand
the character Of American girls. They
might be attracted by title, but they
would not submit to the indiscretions
it is a mild word-of their hus-
bands. 1t was said at the time Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt married the duke
that she had made the best bargain
Of any American girl that ever
bought foreign lordling, but her
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-03-15

like the farmers viii take any price
you ofef and work from daylight 10
midnight. perhaps without dinner or
supper. but II they are organized
they viii demand that you come TO
the shop at reasonable hour and
pay a reasonable price or they viii
turn you cut and you can 90 to
another shop to get the same answer.
This is true Of The farmers as vel
as the merchants. manufactures and
BARRIERS. Whenever they unite and
demand an equitable price for their
products they viii &c, il. bat 30 long
as they dump their products on the
markets At one half or two thirds
shat il cost 20 produce them some
ono viil be found 10 demand them
a, that price. 10 sell them back to
the same farmer or some Of his un-
organized brethren at fair profit.
Then the farmer viii abuse the
merchant because be took care Of
the supply until !, vas demanded.
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NJ. c. Cheek Successful.

M. c. Cheek Of Fulton. has at last
Won bis appointment 10 the United
States Naval Academy and a better
satisfied boy could not be found in
the state. he has long cherished
the hope tina, he would some day
70 10 the naval school. Last year
he vas appointed an alternate and
vent 10 Annapolis TO undergo the
examination. He passed with high
honors but the FRS, man also passed
and young Cheek failed 10 get the
appointment. Later Cadet Gale
Robbins, Of Mayheld, resigned
from the academy and Congressman
James appointed another Mayheld
boy 10 succeed him, again naming
NJ. c. Cheek as alternate. The
young man who received the APP
pointment failed to make good on
the examination and young Cheek
gets the berth. NJ. c Cheek is the
~ year old son Of Prof. J. c. Cheek.
principal Of the city schools Of Full
ton. and formerly OF Hickman. He
graduated from Carr Institute last
year and is at present attending the
State College at Lexington. Ky.
He is a bright. promising young
man and there is no doubt about
his making good in the naval ser
vice.
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Investing in a Boy.

There is no finer monument that a
rich man can put his money into
than a life. Take a poor boy who
aspires to do something; one that
will make honest use of the advan-
tage that is provided him; direct
him in some special line Of life.
educate him in il, stand by him as
long as his course is straight, clean
and upward; as long as he pre-
serves the ambition to be something
and to take care of himself. Then,
Il he is a success, which he is likely
TO be, there is an extension Of the
benefactor's life far into the future.
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Death OF Mary Pickett.

Little Mary Pickett is dead. She
died Monday after a short illness Of
Meningitis. She vas the daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs Tom Pickett. When
the news Of her death was heard
expressions Of sympathy we're heard
from many who knew her and the
beTeaved patents.
Her death comes as a dark
shadow TO friends and 20 her rela-
tives vho loved her so dearly.
Sleep on In thy beauty
Thou sweet angel child,
BY sorrow unblighted
BY sin undehled.
Like the bird OF the ark
Thou has, flown 10 thy rest
From this wild sea Of strife,
But laden with golden wheat.
Services we're held at the resi-
dence Tuesday at one o'clock, and
inteTment Of the remains was had
at Browns graveyard afterwards.
The Courier. with the many
friends Of the family extend symPa-
thy and coincidence to the bereaved
family and relatives. in the sad hour
Of draih.
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We arc nov prepared 10 take up
the subject, Of organization to change
that condition In the hrsi place.
farmers must be taught not TO ruin
one another and their business by
competing with each other. and they
must be organized so as 10 make a
price Tor all their products and hold
10 that price. SO great is the de-
mand for farm products and so i'm
perative the necessity for them that
to accomplish this purpose II is not
absolutely necessary that all farmers
should thus cooperate. The price
can only be broken when the daily
supply q. e. visible supply exceeds
the demand) 1. e. the actual demand
not the demand tina, the gamblers
make, but the consumers demand A..
An even supply at the equitable price
will maintain that price and meet
the worlds demands without a rip
pie in business and commercial
affairs.
This is a simple business PROPOSE
ton and will make merchandising
much safer for the honest merchant
because the prices will not be con-
stanily fuctuating.
The merchant will not be constant
" forced to cheat Peter to make ~
what he lost on Paul. The hones'
farmer will know just how many
bushels Of grain he can sell at Just
how many dollars and just how
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A 10 year-old boy asked his
father for several hundred dollars to
speculate on. His father expecting
10 cure him Of specializing by hav-
ing him lose the money, gave it to
him, but the boy played the markets
so successfully for a year that he
cleaned up $4,000 before his
father could prevail upon him to
stop and 90 to college.
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It is said that the physicians Of
Union City have a trust. and that
they have all agreed to charge 50 for
each day and $3.50 for each night
visit, within the city limits. In our
opinion three is a chance for some
good physician TO make good, by
opposing the trust.
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James whi,lock. so years old
died at his home at Fulton Friday
afternoon after a brief illness Of
pneumonia. He was an old confed-
crate soldier. He is survived by a
wife and several adopted children.
He was generally loved in his com
munity.