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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
Man Who's Down and Out.


A song for the man who loses.
The fellow who plods the road
And tries to win In the battles din.
And smiles beneath his load.
A song. 1 say for the man who tolls
And laughs I'm the endless fight
Who keeps his eyes 10 the Blended skies.
And uics 70 win with right.
a song FOR the man who labors
With never a crouch or frown-
Who seeks no fame or lofty name.
Through ages rumbling down.
The man who bends unto his task
Though fate has been unlCnd,
And does his best TO reach the crest
with thongs that chafe and bind.
a song for the man who loses.
No matter where he may be-
Who knows the cost OF efforts lost.
And CROPPED through mystery.
II isn't much. the song i give.
Its life is short. no doubt:
But "a word OF cheer for the fellow here
Who lost-whos down and QUIT
VIE +. Griffin. In Milwaukee Sentinel
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
His old.Tlmn Relininn

Old-time religion. people. IS the kind that
suits me best
Sweet FIELDS OF Eden there. invitn' you
20 rest
Now and then tempest on Jordan's
stormy banks.
But All OF us enlisted in the halleluiah
ranksi
Old-time religion. people made flowers
in wintry ways.
An life moved TO the music OF the old
camp-mecuu' DAYS.
Twas then the brighter country was
beamin' on the sight
sweet fields arrayed iu livin' green. an
rivers OF delight"
Oid-time religion. people. is what I want
TO know
To sprinkle with the fire Of faith the new
religions snow.
An when this life IS over. with It's sor-
rows an its sichs.
The old-tme religion 20 light me 10 the
skies
Atlanta Constitution.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
The old-Tlme Games.

want TO go back 10 the old home nest.
And swing on the sycamore tree;
] want 60 go ONE again and rest
And let my ncart go free.
And play the games with the old-time
Zcst
With the boy that I used 20 be.
''Chicka- ma-chica -ula-cra- ncc-crow.
Went TO the well Co wash her toe
When she got back her chickens were
gonct
What time old wltch?'
want 20 play hide and sock again.
And climb in the old hay loft
Oh, the world is empty aud all in vain
It's riches. and Oft and Oft
! turn aside from the path OF pain
To list 20 a whisper soft:
zone zall. two zan zickerzau zan,
Bobtail, vinegar. rckerau. tan.
Harum. scarum. Irish narum
Swingerlum, Swaugerlum.
WaslumbucS."
Celia Myrover Robinson. in New York
sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29

George-You seem devoted TO that
old lady you were with. Is she a near
relative?
Gus-Histl I'll tell you how IL is.
She is the mother Of Miss Beautie.
and I've always heard that the nearest
way 10 a girls heart is through her
mothers. That's why I'm SO sweet
on the old lady. See?
George-H'mi Yes. / see I played
that game. too. when / was young.
Gus-Yes, and you married the girl,
didn't you?
George-TrUe. But the old lady
took such fancy 20 me that she has
been living with me ever since.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29

They met on the rim of a golden
cloud.
Get turned DOWN." Queried the
shade who was on his way up.
Yes sighed the shade who was on
his way down. st. Peter found out
was from Pittsburg."
And how in the world did he find
that out?"
why. / absent-mindedly offered
him a stogy. Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
A Brutal Reminder-

a string Of horses once did draw
A circus chariot say.
The foremost looked behind and saw
The others on their way.
Quoth he. THE real work Is mine,
Those others simply walk IN line:
Just think how they would feel my loss!''
Fool boss
A man once stood before "a crowd
Who cheered his words full oft.
He spoke 10 them in accents loud
And waved his arms aloft.
And 20 himself he sometimes said.
mine is the only thinking head
The one salvation OF the clan"
Fool mani
Washington star
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
In the Court Room.

What is that man on trial for?"
Wei, he tried 10 drown his trou-
bles In drink"
DO they try a man so solemnly
for that?"
Not always. but in this case his
chief trouble was his wife, and I'M
fortunately for him, she could swim. -
Baltimore American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
A Word of Caution.

BE sure you're right then go
ahead; that's my motto" said the de-
termined character.
yes" answered the conservative
friend; "but YOU mustn't be so sure
you're right that You get TO thinking
you have a monopoly OF all the good
judgment in the world. Washington
Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
Still Waters.

1 have been silent, dear you say. for
long.
Aye; yet reproach for this reckon
wrong.
Does not the proverb say
That deepest waters run not loud. but
still?
The shallow babbiings OF my rhyming rln
content me not to-day:
My happy heart beats TO rhythm sweeter
Than can be bound a slave 70 rhyme and
meter
Why pen should I employ
When 10 the music OF your love so strong
My life is vocal with the sweetest song?
live the poem JOY.
Maud Scoheld Beeson. In the Century.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29

olye-nse those FAIRY sIT5h strains,
sOf Natures melody.
Give me bright eyes at sunset.
That in the waning light
They'll grow in dreams OF beauty.
And speak q sweet good night
la ToOche Hancock IN New York
fa1n
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
True 70 Mature

: Look pleasant, please" said the
seaside photographer. perfunctoriIy.
as the old lady faced the camera.
Don't you do Il. Marier," said her
husband; mot on your tintype."
. He explained 10 the artist that he
wanted the picture to look natural
Philadelphia Ledger.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29
The Old Man on Deck.

Say, I'm a oil rheumatic
An IL tackles me in spring.
But you jes' play a fiddle.
An I'll hit the ''pigeon-W ingE
They say the old mans done fer
A-goin' down the hill;
But you jes' play a fiddle.
An I'll "double-shufie' stinl
Thar's life an Joy amazin'
In this Of worl'-left an right:
Ef thar's Cain yit fer the raisin' q
The oil mans out O. sight
Atlanta Constitution
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29

If You Will Talk WITH YOUR NEIGH
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-29

s AND INTEREST THEM IN THE PLANET
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16

lien for rent, nor will it affect the
right to mortgage a growing
crop. Many of the farmers in
the House think the repeal OF
the law, which is the product OF
Reconstruction times, will re-
lleve the labor situation in the
State very materially.
Several bills have been intro.
duced abolishing bucket-shops
and one or two to regulate the
sale of cocaine, one to fix the
labor day in cotton mills at ten
hours, one to prohibit the en-.
ployment in manufacturing es-
Establishments of children between
the ages of twelve and fourteen
years who cannot read and write
during the school term. The
latter measure is modelled after
the Georgia law on that subject
Many other minor and local
measures have been introduced
but none have been acted on
yet.
1t seems to be the general i'm
preston that the msmbers of
the General Assembly this year
are above the average in intelli.
gence, ability and. enterprise.
There are quite number OF
young men. One of the veterans
remark g | that the State is tryine
to fill the legislature with boys.
Arrangements are being made
for the Inauguration of the Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor
elect next Tues lay. This will be
an interesting ceremony.
w. p. Robinson.
Columbia, s, c., Jan. ID, 1907.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16

dren. A great work indeed. and
parents are taking more in eres
In tins partnership now than
ever to our knowledge. Happy
the day when all the boys and
girls shall have come to Christ.
Then We will be in a land next
to a paradise.
Well, things are looking hope
full in this community. Oats are
looking fine. Bird hunting seems
to be the order of the day and
farmers are discussing plans for
the 1907 crops. Now, whatever
you do, plant plenty of corn,
and do attend to the garden and
potato patch, and make your
molasses and raise your hogs. If
you do that, then you will be
able to hold your cotton Tor a
price. l..
p. 81 have been informed
that the bucket shop will, on
account Of the license imposed
by council be dumped on the
county, just out Of the corporate
limits. What has The bucket shop
done for Lancaster? Well, | need
not attempt an outline OF lis in
Juries. How many men can you
point out today as victims OF the
bucket shop? Oh that men would
learn TO use their better iudg-
ment and not allow themselves
10 be drawn into that awful
whirlpool and dashed to ruin.
Let our prayers go up to our
Legislators to do something to
rid us OF the bucket shop. l..
Antioch, Lancaster. S. c..
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16

Mr.. Lloyd Moore, agent of the
l. IL G.. road at Fort Lawn. ia
spending a few days in Lancas-
ter. AS previously announced,
he is to be married tomorrow af-
ternoon to one of Lancaster's
most charming young ladies.
The Starnes-Gordon case
referred to in our issue of the Sth
instant was being tried here yes-
terday when The News went to
press, before Magistrates Caskey
aud Hall and a jury. A number
of citizens from Indian Land
we've in attendance.
We learn that there is no i'm
provement in the condition Of
Mr.. William Hunter, of the Pri-
mus section, who was injured a
few days ago while at work on a
house, as noted In SATURDAYS
issue of The News. Mr.. Hunter
fell from prize pole, falling on
a rock and breaking several Of his
ribs.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
The Home for the Aged
Thanks by Rev. Mr.. Grier
and his Committee.

Ed. Lancaster News: | have
just received a copy of your pa
per containing our appeal for
"The Home for the Aged", and
also your kind editorial on same.
You will please accept the sin
cere thanks of the mmittee,
and our hope is that it will bear
fruit and the Home will result
as a blessing to brighten the
lives of some dreary old people.
Sincerely yours,
j. S. Grier.
Sharon, S. G. Jan. ii.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
Death of Mrs J W. Moore, For
merIy Miss Mary WilJianaso,,.
Sharon, S. G. Jan. IA.

Mrs. John w. Moore, of Tsy.
lorsville, N. c., formerly Miss
Mary Williamson of Lancaster
county, died on the 9Th instant
at the Presbyterian Hospital of
Charlotte where she had been
taken for treatment She was
about 81 years of age and is sur.
vived by a sister and two brothers.
Mrs. j. f. Hunter and Mr.. A. c..
Williamson, of Lancaster, and
the Rev J l.. Williamson, of
Newberry. She was married to
Mr.. Moore about 16 years ago.
Mrs. Moore was a highly cul.
tured, christian lady and leaves
large circle of friends and ac.
quaintances in both the Carroll
mas to lament her sad death. She
joined the Presbyterian church
at the age of IL years and contin-
ued throughout life one of its most
Jealous and consistent members.
1t may be truly said of her that
her life was benediction.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
lhe Brownsville Incident.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt Clinches
Evidence Against the Dis
charged Negro Troops.

washington. Jan. 15.-Presi
deht Roosevelt today sent To Con.
gress a special message regard
Ing the Brownsville incident
which gives the additional evi
dence collected by Assistant At.
torney General Purdy and Major
blocksom, who were sent to Tex-
as oy the President to ipvesti
gate the affair. The President
submitted with his message va
nous exhibits, including mans
OF Brownsville and Fort Brown
a bandoler, 33 empty shells. Sc
ven ball cartridges, picked nm
ln the etreets a lew hours after
the shooting; three steel.iacketed
bullets aud some scraps of the
castings OF others bullets picked
out of the houses into which tbev
had been fired. The President
declares that the evidence is
positive that the outrage of An.
gusI 10 was commit ed by some
OF The colored troops that have
been dismissed and tha. some or
all ofthe individuals of the three
companies of the 25th Infantry
had knowledge OF the deed
ana nave shielded the guilty ones
Inc negro troops are referred to
oy the PRESIDENT in his message
as midnight assassius," and he
declares that very few If any of
the soldiers dismissed "without
honor" could have been ignorant
OF what occurred. That part of
the order which barred the sol
dlers from all civil EMPLOYMENT
under the government is revok ed
by the President. This clause,
the President says, was lacking
in validity. The discharged troops
however, will be forever barred
from enlisting in the army or
navy and as to this the Presi-
deat says that "there is no doubt
OF my constitutional and legal
power"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
A Startling Confession.
One of Men Under Indic-t
ment in Hargis Case Says
He Was Promised Ac-
quittal and Work if He
Would Aid in Assassina-
ton of DR.. Cox.

Lexington, Ky, Jan. 49,
Judge James Hargis and his
supporters are 'dismayed, it is
said, as the result of John Smith.
one of the men under indictment.
confessiug participation in as
sassinating DIR. ID. B. Cox, al
the order of Judge Hargis and
the sheriff. Smiths confession
was made last June Hargis de
clares that Smith is lying. Smith
fe ars for his life, and is being
kept in protection. Hargis re-
mains closely in his store a,
Jackson.
State inspector Hines has Just
arrived here from Jackson, and
says the situation does not war
rant sending troops TO jackson,
ana he Will recommend to Gov
ernor Beckham that none be
sent.
The confession made by John
Smith is now In the hands of
Attorney Jovett, representing
the Commonwealth. In this con
fession Smith says James Hargis
and Edward Callahan induced
him to enter the conspiracy
against DIR. Cox; making prom
ises to see that he was acquitted
and give him work. He also saws
that Callahan gave him 500.
The situation at jackson is
quieter since Special Judge w.
M. Carnes was enjoined by the
Court of Appeals at Frankfort
from presiding in the case of
Judge James Hargis, charged
with the assassination of DR.. Cox
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16

Clear mp the complexion, cleanse the liver
and tone the 81 stem. You can best do this
by dose OF two of DEWITT Little Early
Risers. Safe. reliable little pills with n
reputation. The pills that everyone Knows.
Recommended by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
Letter From Antioch.
Newspapers, Schools, Sum
day Schools, Crops for the
Year, Bucket Shops and
other Topics Discussed.

now. In fact, fear / shall worrv
you unless l were better ouali-
fled for this kind of business
Like Brother Twitty, of Valdos.
ia, ia. l like to read little notes
from different parts Of the coun-
ty and even from other States
And, by the way, 1 want
to say that those letters
written by that Monroe
lawyer, Mr.. Stack, are real in
teresting to me. l have read
everyone of them as they have
appeared in your very valuable
sheet. 1t is almost like the days
when you aud l went to the old
log school house in the old field
and studied history and histor-
lcal geography. While the old
log school house is on nv mind.
wish to say a few words about
the great difference in that dav
and this wonderfully progressive
day In which we live, for now
you and | must move on with
the procession or get out of the
way. And while our BOYS are
moving on so rapidly there is
just cne thing woefully neglected
now that was looked alter CLOSELY
when we were boys, when writ
ers used goosequill pens and the
teacher looked YEARLY over his
glasses, or spect acles, as they
Gale d them. He also held in
his hand the rod of correction
and not only looked after the
obedience of the boys, but their
parents would see TO it that the
boys were obedient. But what
great difference now. The teach
er In the common schools in the
country, and in towns too. sup.
pose, must not uade-- any circum-
stances chastise a bad boy, and
more especially if the teacher be
lady, for fear she offends the
boys father, and she lpses her
job. Parents should not thus ell
courage the boys. This thing of
disooedience, in boys especially,
is just alarming. The eyes of pa
rents seem to be shut to the de
pravity of their boys. Parents
who allow their boys to do Just
AS they please at home and at
school are sowing to the wind
and will reap the whirlwind, yea,
we fear the cyclone, for whatso-
ever man sowe,h that shalt he
also reap.
But back to the reading of
newspapers again. The reading
of newspapers is educating our
people to do their own thinking
and when they get together they
can converse inteliigently on the
topics of the day. Then another
great educator is the Sunday
school, which is on the up grade
in our country, and still pulling
for the shore. A great work that.
The Sunday school superinten-
dent and teachers have formed a
copartnership with the parents
of the children to help make good
men and women of their chill
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-16
Report by a Lancaster Rep
resentative Of the First
Weeks Work--Sone of
the Important Measures
Pending.

oTiei dCCouul Ot Ine HrSI week
proceedings OF the House of
Representatives and from the
viewpoint of one of your Rep.
resentatives. The daily papers
have given a detailed account.
The House was organized
Tues day, Jan. s, by the election
of Richard S. Whaley of Char.
lesion, Speaker; Thomas G.
Hamer of Bennettsville, Clerk;
John S. Withers Of Chester, Read.
ing Clerk, and j. S. Wilson of
Lancaster, Sergeant alarms.
With the exception of the Speak.
er, there was no contest. Mr..
Whaley and his friends h ad made
a vigorous campaign and his
election was not due to faction.
alism or to the dispensary issue,
some avowed dispensary men
voting for Whaley and some
strong anti dispensary men voting
for McColl.
Mr.. Jones and | were fortu-
nate in the selection of desks.
getting third or fourth choice in
the drawing. We were not so for
tunate in the committee assign
ments, but many old members
did not fare any better. The
committee on Banking and In.
surance, of which l am a mem
ber, will have considerable work
to do, but the other one, Commit
tee on Legislative Library, will
not burn any midnight oil, or at
least has not been called upon
to do so in the years past.
BY far the most important bill
that concerns Lancaster's dele
CATION so far is the bill intro
duced by Mr. Richards, of Ker-
shaw County, to have the line
re surveyed between Kershaw
and Lancaster Counties. We pro-
pose to resist its passage and
will begin the fight before the
Judiciary Committee of the
House sometime next week. The
grounds of resistance will be given
in a later communication to
your paper.
The House rejected the Sena-
te's resolution to endorse the
action of President Roosevelt in
the Brownsville, Texas, affair, by
vote of nearly two to one. This
matter IS still pending in Con-
gressional Investigation and
many thought it did not proper
ly come within the province Of
State legislative body.
A bill of general interest to
farmers AMI merchants alike of
the State is a proposition to re-
peal the agricultural lien law
for advances. Several bills have
been introduced in both branches
OF the General Assembly provid-
ing for its repeal. 1t seems now
that this measure will pass the
House. 1t will not in any way
affect the landlords statutory
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-10-16
Pastors Testimonies.

The Christian Endeavor society is
the sail of a small church and the TT
der OF large one.-Russell II. Conwe,l
Baptist.
There is no such aid to the pastor il
his arduous and multiform work. espe
cially in large cities, as well orgaa
lied society of Christian Endeavor.--
B. B. Tyler, Church of Christ.
Personally no one Christian institu
ton or organization has been such 3
godsend to me as the Y. P. S. c. i
1t has torn up the rails of my narroy.
gauge Christianity and spiked down q
wider and heavier track. +. Cowan
Methodist.
There has been nothing like it since
the establishment of the Christian
church. l rejoice to know that LIE
church Of which l am clergyman is
gradually coming to adopt Ch-..asssi n
Endeavor, and in every instance i is
cordially approved and heartily in
dorsed as a great God inspired move
ment.-Canon j. B. Richardson, Church
of England
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-10-16

A matter Of no little Importance in main
tanning good healthy appetite is variety Of
diet. Appetites soon flag if there is a mo-
notonous sameness in our daily food. An
unusual delicacy will add to the enjoyment of
the whole meal.
OF course bread is a staple food. No meal
is complete without bread or some other
wheat food. We may think we never tire of
bread. but try some radical change and see
how welcome 1t is. Try National Biscuit
Company's Graham Crackers. The unbolted
wheat Of which they are made is not only
delicious but stimulates the appetite and the
digestion.
The flavor of the National Biscuit Company
Graham Crackers is entirely different from
the old coarse kind originally made by DR..
Graham. The same progress which expert
ence, skill and study have produced in all the
products Of this Company has made the
Graham Cracker not only health food but q
delightful delicacy.
For the indoor worker-the office man. the
inactive, nothing makes better lunch than
Graham Crackers and milk. Light, but sus-
tanning, without heaviness or sleepiness SO
often following hearty lunch of rich foods.
Keep Graham Crackers ON the table as well
as bread, and the staff Of life can be eaten in
either form that particularly appeals to the
taste.
National Biscuit Company Graham Crack
ers come in moisture and dust-proo pack
ages, keeping in all their delightful flavor,
crispness and freshness.-Advt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-10-16
TRANSMISSION LINE.
Work Begun at the Bangor End of
Route.

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-10-16
A SPECIAL REQUEST.

As we do not seem to have an opportuI-
ity for a roll-call, and as am not sure Of
some of the addresses Of some of the
earlier contributors to the column, al
though have their names and places of
residence as given then, will all those
who have not written to the column with
in the past year plesss send me within
six weeks just postal card with their
names and addresses, even if they have
not time to write letter? If they will
add line or two on the cards, we can
have postal-card reunion. Please re-
member, do not want any to drop out of
the column.
e. P. W. contributes the following
recipe. have sampled the cake and it is
fine, and when eggs are scarce and high
some OF you will find it convenient to use.
EvERYDAY WHITE CAKR-Cream three
tablespoonfuls of butter with one cup sugar,
add one cup sweet milk, two cups OF sifted
flour with two teaspoonfuls baking powder
and any havoring that is liked.
Thanks for the recipe.