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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
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Atlanta. June S.--No life insurance
company can engage in business in
Georgia with q capital stock Of less
than 800, 600. according TO decision
rendered Thursday by Attorney Gem
eral John G. Hart, in response to a
request from Secretary Of State Philip
Cook Under section 2O13 OF the civ
Il code all life insurance companies are
required to have a paid In capital OF
500 900 invested In good securities
such as government bonds, Mutual
and cooperative companies are, OF
course, excepted.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
MONTHLY MEETING
OF COUNTY SOLONS
The June Session Was a Lengthy
ami Interesting One.
MANY BILLS WERE PAID
The Sum Of $4,000 for Good Roads
and $1,000 for Education Transfer
red From the Fine and Forfeiture
Fund--other Matters.

TUESDAY, June 4
The Board OF County Commission
ers met this day in regular session.
Present, John G. Dampier, chairman;
w. j. Mathews, c. G. Pedrick, F. r.
Paulling and ]. f. Townsend.
The meeting being called to order
the minutes of last meeting were APP
proved without reading.
The following bills were audited,
found correct and ordered paid:
s. H. Wienges, auditor, $40; w. M.
Torley, guard at Jail, $685. Moses
Sherman, janitor, $50; Southern Bell
Telephone Company, service, 81;
East Florida Telephone Company,
service, so; Mrs. Ida Etreeper, care
Of Charlie Wise, 500; s. H. Wienges,
incidentals, $17O5; S. H. Wienges, in
dictment furnished under Section
1901, $12; Gainesville Gas and Elec-
trio Power Company. $516; John c.
McGrew. supervisor registration,
1857; US. Bedford G. Co, medicine
for poor farm. $3.50; H. H. McCreary,
publishing report of tax collector, 50;
J.>B. Fletcher, care of poor farm, $50;
Ii. & w. B. Drew Company, ink, s6.4O;
Baird Hardware Company, sundries
for road, $41sS; sundries and road
work, $S52.79; ]. G. Evans, sundries
for poor farm. s975; H. G. Mason.
examination Of lunatic McCray 81;
Pepper Publishing Company, marriage
license book for county judge, s5.75; i
L. w Fennell guard hire, horse hire
and service rendered at spring term
circuit court sS27.45; w. w. Colson,
compiling agricultural statistics,
S1s5.9O; w. w. Colson, commissions
on taxes, SS.O5; w. r. Thomas, haul
ing, SO; J. w. Brown, plumbing, etc,
at court house, 5000.
Ordered-That under and by virtue
OF the acts of the Legislature of the
State of Florida for the year 1907,
that there be appropriated from the
fine and forfeiture fund the sum of
$4,000 to and for the use OF the road
fund; also the sum OF $1,000 from
said fine and forfeiture fund to and
for the county school fund, said
amounts having been derived from
the hire Of State and county convicts.
Whereupon the board adjourned
until "Wednesday morning.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
THE COTTON CROP.
Indications Are That Yield Will be
Heavy the Coming Season.

Indications are that the cotton
yield during the coming season VIII
be one of the heaviest in this section
of the State for several years.
Notwithstanding the fact that this
section Of the State suffered a
long and disastrous drought. affect.
ing all crops, the cotton stands. while
somewhs late give promise OF a
prolific Yield. This is especially true
as regards the West End and the
Alachus section where those in a po-
sition 20 know state that the crop
WIN be exceptionally soOd.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
PeAsoDy's LIFE THREATENEO'
Former Governor Of Colorado Rss'I'H
AnonYmous Letters.

Former Governor Of Colorado hsss'''
Anonymous Letters.
Kansas City, June S.-James D.
Peasody. former governor Of C0s
rado, who is hese on business So
Thursday night that he had since y
Haywood trial in Boise began =
ceived several anonymous le.s,
threatening his life. He said De :.
paid no attentiVn to the letters
cause they evidently did not CO..
from responsible sources.
'It would be very injudicious OF =
parl to make a statement about =
man Orchards testimony or as-
the Haywood case" continued
Peabody. 1--WE been subpoe5As'
a witness in the case and In -
waiting q telegram ealing me to 80. -
to tesdfy wish | might s-a.s
what my testimony vii be and -
I know about the case and these
rious threats and charges, bat ] -
want 10 DO q thing that could Be y
strued m the light OF tryins % -
any prejudice IN the Haywood ca
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
KNOX WOULD ACCEPT
IF HE is NOMINATED
Appreciates Action of KeYstOu.
State In Indorsing
hIM FoR THE PREs!DEnDr

United States Senator Says He ",
Not Sought the EndOrsement-rs,
City Of Washington Greatly In..,
ested in the News,
New York. June s.-United Stan,
Senator Philander C. Knox. of Penn.
sylvan1a, has announced his wilHm.
ness to become a candidate for b.
presidency In 1908 should the Re9us.
lican party see fit to nominate him.
Senator Knox's position was nah
known In expressing his appreciate,
of the action Of the Republican SIAN
convention at Harrisburg, which ca,
dorsed him as a candidate for that Of.
flee.
Senator Knox, who is stopping at he
Waldorf Astoria, learned Of his En-.
dorsemenb by the Harrisburg CONVEX.
ton, through the press dispatches.
Having read these, including an ab
stract OF the platform adopted b
said to a representative Of the AssO-
ciated Press:
81 am deeply sensible of the great
honor done me BY my fellow Re2uS.
hcans of Pennsylvania.
In their convention, composed d
delegates elected directly by tae peO
pie, they have increased my many
obligations to them by coupling Vii
the endorsement of the admiration d
Theodore Roosevelt, the suggestion
of my name as his successor,
Il have too profound sense Of he
dignity Of the chief magistracy and 10
intimate knowledge of its ia6Ors ani
responsibilities to have sought thi
endorsement. II, however, the vishs
OF Pennsylvania Republicans and The
reasons they assign for their acdoi
should commend themselves to the ni-
tlonal Republican convention, voua
accept its action with full appreSa'
ton of its import.
Senator Knox added that he vola
nave nothing further to say at pre's''
concerning his candidacy. Accom-
panied by Mrs. Knox, he has essi
visiting friends here.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
k. Of ?. convenes At Jamestown

Norfolk Va, June s.-The SUI
preme assembly OF the uniform rank,
Knights OF Pythias, convened In an
nual session at jamestown exposition
on Thursday, Two amendments were
offered at the opening session, one
changing The style OF the uniform,
bringing 1t nearer to the standard OF
the United States army, and another
providing for revision with radical
changes in drill regulations. These
were referred to proper committees.
Both amendments are favored and
probably will pass at this session.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10
How Peopls Los. rhsIr Mnn.r.

BY eoncealing Il about their person /:
By slowing II away in mugs. jugs aud
Jars; by sewing it Up IN skirts and
ticks: by tuckins It under the touches
and carpets, ~ oupboards and bu-
reaa drawers these are some OF the
ways By which people lose their
money and sometimes their lives.
Hc~ People Save Their Money.
ny depositing L in a good. reliable
bank Conhdent that this bank fuliy
meets the ppblIes needs We tender
~ services o az who believe % keep
ing or the safe side
PHIFER BROS. Baakera
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10

Washington, June She 81
nouncement Of Senator Knox, in Ns'
York, that he would be willins to ..
come a presidential candidate in IVY
If the party nominated him, Greats
much interest here. Mr. KnoTs a.
nouncement was communicated to ~
president VINO read what the sena'a
had to say, but ne made no comn'u
thereon.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-10

United States Senator Says He IA,
Not Sought the EndOrsement-r,,
City Of Washington Greatly Inter.
ested in the News,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
YEARS OF SUFFERING, THEN
 ROBUST HEALTH.
Great Remedy Cured Skin Diseases of
 Long Standing.

Mir. J. Weber of 1065 Vine street, San Jose, Cal, writes an interesting story of terrible skin suffering which ended in which cured him like magic. Here is MT. Weber's own story:
 Tn July, 1900, my face began to be affected with a terrible skin disease. went to a doctor. and he tod me that l had been poisoned and he wanted to operate on me. l refused to let him do so and after q few months my face was an awful sight You could see that it was diseased to the bone. Some people claimed that I had cancer. Great boils would appear, increasing in size and paining me terribly. I begun to doctor again but no one could help me; large pimples and boils would continue to come. At that time l had as many as ten on my face. I was such terrible sight that my friends could not bear to see me. I doctored for five years un- til my funds gave out and l had to stop. During this time I tried over 900 rem edes.
 ''One day I happened to hear of D. D. D. Prescription and learned that it had cured several bad cases of Eczema. I purchased a bottle and then I got second bottle. The use of five bottles cured me. It has been eight months My friends ask what it was that cured me of the awful skin trouble and I an swer that it was D. D. D. which healed me-"
 For. sale. by all druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
Morality of Small Debts.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 volunteer economist writes to the Public Ledger that if all people paid their small debts there would be plenty of money in circulation and no panics.
 Not quite grasping the philosophy of credit, the correspondent does touch real phase of business. There is great deal of current immortality in minor business transactions. It is not uncommon for a woman of means to delay payment of the butchers and grocer's bills, even of the servant girls wages The man who sell dom settles with his tailor is the founda- tion of ancient jokes, though the picture came from Europe, from England pri- marily, and never belonged to the United States. Yet We have men who leave tail- ors and landlords unpaid.
 Just how far these losses affect the prosperity of business is not to be known They do have some effect The shortages of the retailer, the servant and the landlord go on up to the banker and the big wholesaler. The main point, how ever, is the bad moral effect of shiftless habit Lax notions of business morality will not do for a finely organized com mercia1 system. The man who does rot pay his small bills weakens the strict ness of his creditor his family and his friends. The influence of the corrupting example may go far to support the con- tenton of the correspondent. In any event, it is safe to say that the business situation would always be better if every body paid his small bills at once. The dealer has an inalienable moral right to the possession of either his goods or his money. Any lapse of time between deliv- cry of goods and receipt of money is a loss somewhere, and is not good busi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17

 half of the people of the said proposed state that they adopt the constitution of the United States; and
 Whereas it appears that the said constitution and government of the proposed state of Oklahoma are re- publican in form, and that the consti- tuition makes no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color, and is not repugnent to the United States or to the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and that it contains all of the six proyis- ions expressly required by section 3 of the said act to be therein contained; and
 Whereas, it further appears from the information laid before me that the convention above mentioned did by or dinance, irrevocably accept the terms and conditions of the said act as re- quired by section 22 thereof. and that all the provisions of the said act ap- proved on the June 16. 1906, have been duly complied with; therefore, l, The odore Roosevelt President of the United States of America do, in &C., cordance with the provisions of the said act of Congress, of June 16, 1906, declare and announce that the result of the said election, wherein the con- stitution formed as aforesaid was sub mtted to the people of the proposed state of Oklahoma for ratification or rejection, was that the said constitu- tion was ratified, together with pro- vision for state wide prohibition, separ- ately submitted at the said election, and the state of Oklahoma is to be deemed admitted by Congress into the union under and by virtue of the said act on an equal footing with the or dinary states.
 In testimony whereof, have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed Done at the city of Wash ington, this No vember 16. 1907, in the year of our Lord, and of the independence of the United States of America. the one hun- dred and thirty-second
 (signeD THEoDoREfRoosE By the President,
 ELIHU ROO4, Secretary of State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17

The reputation of Plant Juice remedies is spreading all over the state and from as far as Mobile and Montgomery good reports are reaching this city of the cures being effected by the famous medicine of Colonel Dillingham;, whose platforms have been operating in this district for several months past.
 From Montgomery comes continual re- ports of remarkable cures being made and many substantial people have spoken freely regarding the medicine. In Mobile the same results are also reported and the platform being operated at that place attracts great throngs of people who watch with interest the demonstrations and listen with attention to the lectures
 In this city and district there is the same interest manifest that has char acterized the advertising campaign of Colonel Dillingham; ever since he com menced operating here and the platform opposite the Majestic theatre still att tracts great crowds and much of the medicine is being sold every day.
 Herbert Rison of Ensley writes to Colonel Dillingham; and says that the Plant Juice linament proved a great benefit to him in a recent accident. He was thrown from his buggy and severely bruised and had to be carried to his home, where he doctored himself with the Plant Juice linament and his pain was almost instantly relieved and he suffered but little from the accident. "I am sure," he writes, 'but for your linament that I would have been laid Hp for several days, but as it was, I was but little ineonvenienced by the acci- dent.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
COME
 THICK AND FAST
From All the State Good Reports Are Received of the Work of the Plant Juice Remedies-Coone Dillingham; Is Tn Montgomery Operating Platform and Good
 Work Is Being Done.

Mrs. John Freeman of this city says that she was cured of a bad kidnel trouble by the use of the Plant Juice She says that she has been an acute suf- ferer for some time and that she had tried many different remedies, but without any avail until she commenced on Plant Juice and that from the first, after taking the medicine she began to im- prove and is now perfectly well and in better health than ever.
 Thomas McGhee of Valley Creek is an- other sufferer from rheumatism who says that one bottle of the Plant Juice bought at Fulton Brothers drug store in Besse- mer relieved him of his trouble and thanks Colonel Dillingham; and gives per- mission to use his name in connection with the remedies.
 The sale of the medicine in this city continues to be the talk of the drug trade as all of the druggists say that there is a remarkable demand for the Plant Juice remedies Barbers have taken hold of the soap and are praisng it as a tonsoral utility and all of the other remedies are being freely praised. The platform opposite the Majestic theatre is doing a big business and there is d great demand at that place. This is con- sdered as remarkable as every drug store and cross corner store handles the medicine and it has been more advertised in this district than any other proprie- tary medicine.
 The platform will continue indefinitely and the other platform which ars advertis- ing in the mining camps will also con- tine until orders come from Colonel Dil- lingham to go to some other field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
PROCLAMATION SIGNED.
Little Ceremony Attends Official Act
 of the President.

Washington. November 16.-(Special,)- President Roosevelt signed the proclama- ton making d state out of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory at 16 minutes after 10 o'clock today.
 A number of persons, including senators and residents of Oklahoma, witnessed the brief ceremony. The minute the sigma ture of the President had been attached the White House telegrapher flashed the fact to the telegraph companies, which rushed it to Guthrie.
 Upon the arrival of the news there the state officials were inaugurated.
 Little formality attended the ceremony which meant much to the people of the two territories In appending his sigma ture to the proclamation the President used a pen formed from a quill plucked from the wing of an Amerhan eagle. The pen will be deposited with the Oklahoma Historical society.
 Following is tlse text of the proclama- ton:
 By the President of the United States of America.
 proclamation:
 Whereas, The Congress of the United States did by an act approved on the 76th day of June, one thousand nine hun died and six, provide that the inhabitants of the territory of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory might, under and upon the conditions prescribed in said act adopt a constitution and become the state of Oklahoma; and whereas by the said act provision was duly made for the elec- ton of a constitutional convention to form a constitution and state government for the said proposed state; and whereas 1t appears from the information laid before me that such convention was duly held and such constitution and state govern ment were thereby formed.
 Whereas, By the fact the said conven- ton was further authorized and empow- cred to provide by ordipance for submit. ting the said constitution to the people of the said state for ratification or re- jection, and likewise for the ratification or rejection of any provisions thereof to be by the said convention separately sub mitted: and
 Whereas, It has been certified to mo as required by the said actr by the gover- nor of the territory of Oklahoma and by the judge senior in the service of the United Staaes court of appeals for the Indian Territory, that majority of the legal votes cast at q legal election duly provided for by the ordinance as required by said act. have been cast for the adop ton of said constitution; and whereas a copy of the said constitutio1 has been certified to me as required tS said act, together with the articles, propositions and ordinances pertaining thereto, includ- ing q separate proposition for statewide prohibition which has been certified to me as having been adopted by a majority of the electors at the election aforesaid.
 And whereas, it appears from the in- formation laid before me that the con vention aforesaid. aftar it's organiza- tion and before the formation of the said constitution, duly declared on be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
ROCKEFELLER HAS
 MILLIONS HIDDEN Amazing Report Is Current In
 Wall Street BIG VAULTS WELL FILLED Several Men Have Seen Some of the Hoarded Bonds and Cash and Were
 Astonished at the Amount
 Practically Concealed.
BIG VAULTS WELL FILLED

New York, November 16.-(Speeial.) There is current in Wall street the amazing report that J. D. Rock efeller has slowed away in the vaults of the Standard Trust company at No. 45 Broad street $100,000,000 worth of gov ernment bonds. If this be true-and those who recite the tale assert that there can be no question about the authenticity of it's source John D. Rockefeller is the creditor of the United States government to the ex- tent of a little less than one-ninth of the interest bearing debt of the peo- pie. The aggregate of the government interest bearing bonded debt is $925,- 15S,650.
 If it is true that Rockefeller is hoad- ing s100,000,000 worth of government bonds, the compaints of bankers that they are unable to get bonds upon which to raise currency would seem to have considerable weight.
 The possessor of fortune of $100,- 900, ,000 in government bonds could eX- ert, if he wished, financial pressure such as the country is feeling today.
 The vaults of the Standard Trust company are the largest in New York. It is said that MT. Rockefeller has one vault, or room in the steel burglar and fire proof caverns of the concern that is as large as the average business mans office, and that in this room he keeps his wealth.
 MT. Rockefeller is said to have visited Wall street three times in the past month, and on each occasion he is said to have gone to his strong room and taken out securities upon which money has been raised.
 On one of these visits, it is reported, he showed two visitors to the vaults of his hoard of bonds.
 These men in the first flush of their astonish ment are said to have told oth- CTS of what they had seen. In that way the story gained circulation.
 In addition to his government bonds MT Rock efellers visitors said he has Standard oil stock worth vost amount of money stacked away in orderly piles in the steel boxes, and also bonds and stocks of enormous value issued by the standard railroad corporations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
Jefferson,s staae Fright.

Perhaps" said New York lawyer "the little story I'm going to tell will be as much of a comfort to some other nervous speaker as it was to me.
 At the farewen dinner given to Israel Zangwill," the lawyer went on, T sat next to Joseph Jefferson. For the sake of opening the conversation, sad, I wish l were you tonight
 "'Why? he asked.
 " Because you don't have to speak and l do.'
 "'Oh,' said Jefferson, but I do have to- and l feel just as uncomfortable as you possibly could
 - supposed.' said I, you had be- come so used to that sort of thing, you wouldn't mind it bit
 Indeed, mo-, he answered. You know I'v been playing Rip Van Wrinkle" for more than 90 years; yet every time l go on the stage my knees knock together. If they did not l should know that the fire had gone out "