The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-03-01


The hunting season, which runs from
November LIST TO March ast, is now
closed for the season, and all good
spOrtsmen will Of course now set in to
protect the birds for another season.
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Hearst has evidently abandoned all
hope of the democratic nomination for
president Else he wouldn't give his
Cosmopolitan magazine free rein in
publishing peOnaRe ISLANDERS on dem
ocratic state. Down here we don't lick
the hand that smites Us Live Oak
Democrat.
Senator TaIiaferro, always on the
alert 70 do all he can for his people and
! state, succeeded in having retained,
among other items in the. river and
harbor appropriations, 1911 800 for the
st. Johns river, opposite jacksonville,
and what helps in improving the 81.
fotdlb river and jacksonville, helps all
florida.
The Jasper News has just celebrated
its seventeenth birthday, and in the
language Of st Augustine Record, we
eay that "means a. long record Of use-
fHIness to the continuity in which it
thriycs and proSpers The people Of
Hamilton county have good paper In
tho News and warm, true friend IN It's
editor, John N. Caldwell.i'
Editor Collins he brought bis ex-
celient True Democrat 70 ~ second
anniversary, and & receiving the de-
served congratulations Of bis brethren
'pf the press The True Democrat has
made itself distinctly heard and felt
during the two years Of its existence,
ard having an editor with the courage
OF his. opinions, there haa been no
doubt about the standing "a TIE paper
on ieadlEg issues. We eur con-
tempoyAry many happy relagNe Live
Oak Bamocrat.
The advance IN sasolirS ind kerosene
oil lends color 10 the claim that those
people who consume both are the real
contributors TO that educational fund of
America, and not your Uncle Johnnie,
although he holds the position TO get
the credit for H. The people pay the
Freight on all things nowadays, and
The main trouble Is that national law
gives q favored few the power and
privilege Of making the masses, who
are She consumers, dance TO the music
offhe powerful corporations.
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III d said that the saloOn-keepeFs Of
Atlantic City have prohibited the dis
susslon Of the Thaw case inside their
doorsf Their regard for their custom
ers commendable. Gainesville Sun.
Yes, bod II the bar-keepers prohibit and
denounee II. certainly the newspapers
ahoud Ne careful as TO how much of 1t
they print and send into the homes of
respectable families This fSwspaper
has contaiEed none OF It from The very
beginning, as IL is one Of our rules 10
keep al OF that kind Of matter from
our columns,
Mr.. 8. A. Rawls. Of Ocala, president
Of the Florida State Board Of Trade,
spent Thursday in jacksonville. While
there he attended = meeting Of the
committee on resolutions appointed at
che recent meeting held In that city,
At which resolutions were adopted dc.
ROuncing the false reports that have
been published relative to alleged peon-
age conditions In Florida, The resolu.
lions Of the board are being sent to
sveFy board Of trade and commercial
organization In Florida, Georgia and
Alabama, Copies have already been
sent 10 the Florida delegation in the
national congress-.
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DuFiaR the past two years Hon. w.
s. Jennings has been paid $40, 900 for
services rendered the Board Of Internal