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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
The
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed of tho World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination OF Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relics
on the merits OF the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufacturcd by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES.
Whole Head and Neck Covered-Hair
All Came Out-Cured in Three
Weeks by Cuticura.

after having the measles my whole
head and neck were covered with scaly
sores about as large as penny. They
were just as thick as they could be.
My hair all came out. l let the trou-
BILE run along, taking the doctors blood
remedies and rubbing on salve, but it
did not seem to get any better It
stayed that way for about six months;
then I got set of the Cuticura Rene
dies, and in about week l noticed a
big difference, and in three weeks it
was well entirely and | have not had
the trouble any more, and as this was
seven years ago, | consider myself
cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion,
Neb., Aug. 25, 1906"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

own. Her quilts were all quilted, her
store of household goods was ready.
But a coldness had come between
them, and Mark had gone away
back east where girls were plenty"
Since then she had been learning to
live without him and 1t was a. bitter
lesson. True she did not speak Of
it, not even to her best friends, but
the ache was always there.
Her work was done at last. She
had time to look at little Lille sliSrn-
bering in her low trundle-bed with
her stocking spread out trustingly on
the pillow beside her. Now was the
time for Santa Claus to come. But
the sick mother was too iii and broken
with anxiety to be bothered. There
was nobody to fill that stocking but
Hattie, and nothing to fiji 1t with ex~
cept what her girls wit might devise.
She was very tired All day she
had been battling against storm and
sickness, doing a woman's work and
a mans too. Now she must do Santa
Claus work. Was ever Santa
Claus so sleepy? Oh, what would she
not give to throw herself on the bed,
dressed as she was, and sleep? Bat
there was no time for that. Santa
Claus must come to the waiting child,
She knew that in a little while the
sick woman would rouse again and
need her. Softly and weariiy she lift
ed the one little drop-leaF table over
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
MEAN FILINGS AT EDITORS.
Tributes by Lafcadio Hearn to Class
of Workers He Disliked.

'Lafcadio Hearn, that wonderful
writer worked on newspapers in his
youth" said a publisher, "and the
ruthless way his studies were changed,
cut and butchered was a great woe
to his heart.
In after years Hearn took a mali
cious joy in collecting stories about
oditors-editors and their superior
and omniscient way with manuscript.
Zone of his stories was of an editor
to whom a subscriber said:
81 enjoyed that poem on the three
ages of man in to-day's paper, Mr.
Sheers; l enjoyed it immensely. Do
you know, though, l thought it was
originally written the seven ages of
man.?
$50 it was, sir; so it was, said
Editor Sheers, pompouSly. Yes, the
extract was originally written the
seven ages of man, but had to cut it
down for the lack Of space
Another story concerned a weather
report. A reporter, discussing the
weather wrote that winter still lin
gered in the lap of spring.
"The editor, as he read over the
article, called the reporter to his desk
and told him that he would cut out
that sentence about winter lingering
in springs lap. He said the idea was
good enough, and all that sort of
thing, but it would not do to publish
because the high moral tone of the
paper had to be maintained in a town
full Of school girls"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06


stiff You'd better make up your
mind not to get any Christmas pres
ents this year, Lille. You wouldn t
want dear old Santa Claus frozen to
death"
NO, of course not. But papa goes
out on the prairie. Why shouldn't
Santa Claus? Don't you think he could
get here with n light load? You
know. when we came, we got stuck in
the sloughs lots of times and papa
unloaded the wagon and got it across
empty. Don't you think Santa Claus
could do that?"
Yes, he SHALL" said Hattie. with
determination.
She was only the hired girl who had
come in friendly pioneer fashion to
help the settlers wife through her
sickness; but to the inmates of the
little cabin she was a ministering
angel. Strong and faithful and eff
cient. an angel could hardly have
done more in that prairie home. Yet
she did not look in the least like an
angel as she put on the pioneers old
cap and coat, tied a red wooden scarf
around her neck, drew old stockings
through the drifts, stout and rosy in
the wind. to do the chores for the
night Not a glimpse of the near by
barn could BE obtained from the cabin
door. Hattie tied long rope to the
door knob and carefully held the other
end as she walked toward it.
She pulled down hay and fed the
stock ald MIXED. She brought out
pals full of the snow water she had
melted in the big wash boiler for
them to drink. She brought in a
great supply of fuel and made every
thing outdoors and in as snug and
CHEEKY as possible. Then she cooked
the supper-that did not take long
for there was little to cook-and
washed up the dishes and cared for
the sick woman and the little babe
She put Lille to bed in the queer
little trundle-bed-the child chattering
about Santa Claus every minute-and
tucked her in as happy as if there
were no fear or anxiety in the world;
oh, what would the pioneer families
have done without the girls" of that
time?
The mercury ranged and 8 de
grees below zero. The storm outside
howled with the fury of a legion of
demons. In some drift out there in
the Wilderness John Carver might be
sinking to death now.
The baby cried and the sick woman
moaned. There was no lack of occu-
patton for the young helper. Hattie's
strong arms held the child till il was
quieted and at the same time heated
flannels, brought water. smoothed pill
lows, and did everything that could
be done for the anxious young
mother.
Hattie. you haven't anything to
worry you" cried the sick woman, en-
viously.
Not a thing except what worries
other people,' answered Hattie. But
she knew that all the time she car
ried beneath her songs and CHEEKY
words a heartache that was as nard
to bear as the young wife's own.
It was Mark for whom her heart
ached. A year ago she had thought
that by this time she and Mark would
be settled in a pioneer cabin of taeii
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as stilfener
makes half the usual quantity of Starch
necessary, with the result of perfect
finish, equal to- that when the goods
were new.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

But Even Marks Ghost was Welcome.
somewhere out in the snow-she knew
not where-her husband was journey
ing. Three weeks ago he had start
ed to the nearest town SO miles away
for supplies. He had been sure that
he would return in a week. Was he
lying now under one OF those huge
white drifts2 Was he out in this
dreadful blizzard, perhaps freezing to
death at this very minute. She
turned away from the window and
moaned She could not bear to an
swer the child. But Hattie. the hired
girl. who never seemed to lose heaSt,
answered cheerily:
Land sakes. yes. there is plenty Of
snow, Lille. But you know Santa
Claus Is getting old He can drive
in the snow OF course. but bowling
bIszard like this might freeze him
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
Not All There.

BIeeker-Your wife seems to have
a mind of her own.
Meeker-She did have before our
marriage, but she hasn't any more.
Bleeker-What's the answer?
Meefer-She has given me several
pieces of 1T since we faced the parson
together
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06
Don't TRY Uncertain Recipes.

1t is entirely unnecessary to experiment
with this, that and the other recipe. Get
from your grocer, for 10 cents. package
of "OUR-PEE" PreparatiOn-Lemon
Chocolate. or Custard-for making pies
that are sure, to be good.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

Nobody does anything well that he
cannot help doing; work is only done
well when it is done with will
Ruskin
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

VVDpJtIGTI, IvUI, Dy. WrIghI a. FhtIersOn'I
xxN0 UT, mamma, Santa Claus can
%bA go anywhere where there is
>~$ snow. He has his sleigh,
you know, And there Is snow here,
plenty of snow"
The sick woman lying on the bed in
the little pioneer cabin. looked at the
white whrl of flakes that shut out all
but the gray daylight from the little
windows and shuddered. Yes, there
was plenty of snow. You could not
see even the dimmest outline of any
thing that was ten feet away. And
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-06

The telephone in France is little used
by the public generally.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
OULLNEss MARK THE DAY
New Points of Weakness Develop
From Outset

Agreement Reached Between South
ern Railway and Alabama State
Authorities Had No Stimulating
Effect-Stocks Got No Help From
--GOverment Report of Crops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
CAPITAL STOCK 5000, 900
New South Investment Company
Observation-Disclosures Dead - Mrs.
Ludlow Skinner to Wed.
Especial to The Messenger)


Raleigh, n. G. Aug S.-The state
charters the New South Investment
Company of Salisbury, authorized
capital stock five million dollars.
Stockholders, Cornelius O'Connor,
and Dix w. Noel, of New York city,
and Fred H. Payne, of Williamsjort,
Pa.
1t is to foster industrial enter
prises in the south, build factories,
erect railways, water and other pow
er plants. The charter tax amount
ed to a thousand dollars.
Eugene Boiling Sturgeon, for sew
eral years mayor of Apex, this couh-
ty, is dead, aged IS. He was a native
of Washington D. c., a graduate of
the naval academy and was with Far
ragut at Mobile as Lieutenant. His
father was secretary of the United
States mint and his grandfather was
a United States senator from Penn
%sylvania.
The first of the designs for the
$4,000 silver service this state is
to present to the cruiser North Caro-
lima was submitted today by a local
firm and was inspected by members
Of the council of state, the governor
being absent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
By Associated Press.)

Raleigh, N. C, Aug.-An informal
conference between merchants, state
representatives, the governor and
representatives of the freight depart
ment of railroads to discuss the mat
ter of alleged freight discrimination
against North Carolina towns, called
for today by the governor, was post
poned by Governor Glenn as T. S.
Davant, freight traffic manager of
the Norfolk and Western, and the
Seaboard Air Line freight represent
atives could not be present. Repre-
sentatives of some shippers were
present and filed complaints. The
principal complaint is against the
Norfolk and Western, though the
whole freight rate situation al to
have been discussed.
The corporation commission has
notified T S. Davant to appear be-
fore it Monday in the matter of al
legged discrimination by the Norfolk
and Western.
A time, after next week will later
be named by Governor Glenn for the
general conference.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS LETTER.
Missing Woman Turns Up-Cumber-
lane PensiOners-TO ATTEND Fam
Gus CIinics-News and Personal
Notes.
fSpecial to The Messenger)

Fayetteville, Aug. 9-Charlotte
Hayes, colored, who left here for
Boston, to visit a relative, Lima Smith
and whose failure to reach Boston
alarmed the Boston police and caus-
ed a paragraph to the papers from the
Associated Press, has turned up all
right, according to a telegram from
Boston to Mr.. John Underwood OF
this city in whose family Charlotte
Hayes was a servant.
Cumberland stands among the
foremost counties in the state IN the
numebr of eX-confederate soldiers,
though the mortality among them
has been great in the past few years.
There are however, about 300 SOL
diers and widows of soldiers entitled
TO pensions, to whom the recent in
crease in amount will be a great help.
The town and county sent to the
field the Independent, Lafayette,
ssPlough Boys" ~Highlanders, Co. A,
5th and Company B, 51st regiment,
Infantry, Strange's and Murchison's
cavalry, STAIRS light artillery and
Blacks heavy artillery, besides hun
dreds of other soldiers, who enlisted
In other commands
Capt. and Mrs. Mark Smith with
a depatchment of the Salvation army,
will be here next week to carry on
their street preaching and other re-
1igious exercises.
The trial of ]. c. Jackson, charg-
ed with perjury as a witness in the
case of Tom Sears, was yesterday
transferred from the court of Magis-
trate Mclean where the defendant
claimed he could not get a fair trial,
to the mayors court n he was
bound over to the superior court.
DR.. J. F. Highsmith, proprietor OF
Che Highsmith hospital left yesterday
TO attend the famous clinics of DR.
Mayo, at Rochester Maine, where he
will be joined by DR.. Stuart Nc
CURE, with whom he made a tour
of Europe. From Rochester they
will go to Chicago, to attend the elm
les of Drs Murphy and Ochler.
Fayetteville is much gratifed a.
the honors bestowed at Wilmington
on its fir eChief Captain J. D. Nc
Neill.
Miss Eta Hart left for New Haven
Ccnn,. last night.
Miss Martha Williams has returned
from a visit to Miss Fannie Williams
on Masonboro Sound.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
OF RATE DISCRIMINATION
Investigation will Take Place at
New York on 18th
Durham and Raleigh i'm High Priced
ZOne"-Rates ON Grain From
Louisville to Durham 20 Cents
and to Lynchburg Only II Cents.
Especial to The Messenger)

-~
Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 9.-Govern'
+: or Glenn and the corporation com
mission had prepared for a hearing
of the rate discrimination matter,
but the railway men, except Henry
A Page, wired that it was inconven-
lent for them to come at this time
and asked for a date later. Delega-
tons of business men were here from
Durham and Charlotte and E. J.. JUS
tice and James S. Manning appeared
for the state Merchants Association.
A date for the conference was not fix
ed as to the large railroads. The
| scene of action was transferred to the
office of the corporation commission.
J. l.. James of the James Lumber
Company, of Durham, J.. w. Walker
and Julian S. Carr, Jr., of that place
spoke freely regarding discrimina-
ton.
James said rates to points over a
hundred miles further than Durham
were made 25 per cent less than to
Durham on lumber. He said that
Durham and Raleigh were in a high
priced zone," that the matter was
one purely of discrimination and did
not need any lawyer to set it out,
do Llc COIuI1loS1Ou ALI" ilduy ldcLS
and could easily get others.
Carr said that the rates on grain
from Louisville to Durham were 20
cents and to Lynchburg only II
cents, so Lynchburg could far I'M
der sell Durham.
The particular investigation dis
cuSsed in the commission office was
as to the Norfolk and Western.
Thorpoa- NEaNToSll .o:l 49, ~.
ernor Glenn wished to be present at
the hearing One was finally decided
for Monday.
Several business men and attorneys
complaints as to discrimination.
Justice filed one for Hickory against
the Southern railway. Justice said he
had been notified by Southern rail-
way officials and by Standing Master ,
Walter Montgomery that it had been
decided to hold the first investigation
into the books of the Southern at
New York on the 18TH instant instead !
of at Washington.
Chairman Mcneil of the commits
sion will go to hearing at New York.
The cases against the Norfolk and
Western are important and are taken
up because this was really a cOntin-
udL1OH Oh Luo lupeSLlSdClOu. Some
Charlotte business men were afraid
they would not be able to make a
showing of discrimination there.
These will be given the opportunity,
all will be heard when the general
question of discrimination against the
Seaboard Air Line, Southern, Atlantic
Coast Line, Norfolk and Western,
and Southern and other
roads comes up.
The interstate m commits
sion has Investigated at Charlotte
and found discrimination
Chairman McNeill said that the
legislature had empowered the COM
mission, after full Investigation, to
bring suit before the Interstate COM
merce commission n hat the North
Carolina commission is now obtain
ing material to be held before the in
commerce commission in this
way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
Statement OF OFFICIAL
The State Authorities Took Con-
trary View
OGRclla1iOn of License Presented
Conditions of Affairs Most Serious.
In the Interest of Peace Road
a Concessions Demanded.

M~omtgomery, Ala, August 81. s
dent of the Southern railway, gave GU
a statement concerning the railroad
recent controversy with the state o
aban After reviewing the legis
fation passed by the session of the leg
Isiatnre just closed regulating rates
and requiring foreign corporations t
take ont license, Mr.. Thompson says
In October, 1906, a suit was brought
against the Southern Railway Com.
pany in the Talladaga circuit, five
months prior to the passage of Senate
Bill No. Sc, requiring foreign corpora
lions to take out a license. On July
"A. 1907, the Southern filed q petition
TO remove its case from the state court
10 the federal court n in consequence
of its doing this, it's license to do bus
mess in Alabama was cancelled. This
step on the part of the Southern Rail-
way Company was not taken with any
purpose of defying the laws of Ala
bama and it is believed by counsel
that it was not forbidden by Senate
Bill So. The state authorities, how
ever, Gid not take this view Of the mat
ter and the Southern Railway Company
= was Indicted in Perry county.
THE claim that the Southern had
forfeited it's right to do interstate pas
senger and freight business along it's
Inc presented a condition of affairs
which was most serious. The Southern
Railway Company felt itself obliged
to do everything in it's power and make
every possible sacrifice to prevent a
deplOrable state of affairs from arising.
Accordingly it Immediately opened
negotiations with the public authori-
tiles Of the state in an earnest endeavor
to bring about a peaceable and orderly
solution of the whole difficulty. It
was demanded of the Southern Rail-
way Company, it should, pending the
determination of the fairness and rea-
sonableness Of the passenger and
freight rates fixed by the acts of the
legislature, give up the protection of
the inte%rlocutory Injunction, and pend
ing final determination of it's case, put
these rates into effect.
THE Southern Railway Company,
while satisfied that it was proceeding |
in a legal and orderly way in defense
of it's property rights, after a careful
consideration of the matter did not
believe it would be justified in stand
ing out against this demand, but that
III the interest of a peaceable and or
derby conduct of it's affairs and the
avoidance of angry controversy it was
performing it's public duty and sub
serving it's public uses to make this
concession. An agreement on this basis
was then reached
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13
SUITS

The new inc of wOOLENS we r showing will catch the fancy
of the business man. the society man and the man OF the world
varied in style to suit the special taste OF all. All these gentlemen
recognize what is elegant in DRESS and W have the pick OF
the mills of England and America for their choice. When we axe
our measure and make them up into your new FAN suit they
will defy duplication in either fit or finish. one triai VIII prove
how strong our assertion is
Is BOYS SUIT-odd sizes-yarous styles-your choice for s12o.
Balance Summer Suits-Bath Suits-Odd trousers UT au
Felt Hats-at greatly REDUCED PRICES
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-13

Col. Geo. L. Morton, spent Friday n
Raleigh, on business.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-07-05
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