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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26
Verdict for DR.. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies' Home Journal.
Sending truth after a Ne. I.,.,o

Sending truth after q he. II IA An old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth 10 getting its boots
on and no doubt hundreds OF thousands
OF good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon DR.. X. V. Pierce
and his Favorite Prescription published
In the May Q9o4) number Of the Ladies'
Home Journal, with Its great black dis
play headings, who never saw the hum
BILE, groveling retraction. with It's incon-
spicuous heading, published two months
later. twas boldly charged in the slapd-
erous and libelous article that DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman's weaknesses and ailments. con-
tained alcohol and other harmful ingredI-
ents DR.. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers OF the Ladies'
Home Journal, for 5000, 900 90 damages.
Or. Pierce alleged that Mr.. Box, the
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false and defamatory
matter witty the Intent Of injurinx his
busines.<f Furthermore. that no alcohol, or
other Injurious. or hablt-formine. drugs
are, or yrer were, contained in his -Fs-
vorite HesVfiption =; that said medicine
Is mady iVom native medicinal roots and
contah|no harmful ingredients what
eve/9fd that Mr.. Bok's malicious state
meEx were wholly and absolutely false.
,4nlhe teiraction printed BY said Journal
thsy were forced 70 Acknowledge Thai IbeY
from Prs
wh04 certilied Thai % did nnl contain at
c9hol or any oIl lhe alleged harmtn drngl
=, These facts were also proven In the rfla1 ~
the action in the Supreme Court. But the
business OF DIR. Pierce was Lseatly injured by
the publication OF the libelous article with
lts great display headings. while hundreds of
thousands who road the wickedly defamatory
article never saw the humble eroveling re-
traction. set in small type and m ade as incon-
spicuous as possible. The msttcr was, how
ever brought before q jury in the Supreme
Court OF New York State which promptly
rendered verdict in the Doctors favor.
thus his traducers came to grief and thalY
hass slandeu were refutad
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26

A political orator declared that "the
British lion. whether climbing the
pine forests of Canada or securing the
Pacific main. would not draw in his
horns or retire into his SHE'LL which
recalls the remark of an Australian
legislator. who. speaking of the compe
tilion between land and sea carriage
exclaimed: "Mr. Speaker. the rail
ways are cutting the ground from un
der the steamers feet"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26

Isn't 1t wonderful what thin doc
tors can do? You know. Mick. wheL
went to the infirmary with my eyes
they chloroformed me and toak out
my eyes and scraped them "Oorch.
now said Mick, who's been blowing
ye up with that nonsense?" ITS not
nonsense replied Pat, 80. shnrc l
woke up and saw my eyes lying I'm
the table,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26

The remarkable exodus OF marriage
able young women from England to
the United States and Canada Is en-
phsized by the departure Saturday OF
1000 unmarried women on the steam
er Baltic alone. while several hundred
more were among the total OF 5,UoJ
passengers carried on three trans-At-
lantic steamers switch saidel satur-
day.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26

Fort Collins is to have revival of
the roller skAte craze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
VOX POPULI.
Our Humane Laws.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
As it seems TO be in order to maks
suggestions to the citizens of Floridc
who have the authority to dictate to
to the masses as to what they shall and
shall not do, I will presume ON their
courtesy and gentle feeling by maxi
ing a plea in behalf of dumb animals
and helpless children that to-day are
benefited very little by the present
humane law.
When this law was enacted a very
important feature for sucn law was
omitted rendering it imperative,
where most needed
Ample provision was made for the
arrest and punishment by fines Of
violatOrs, but no provision made for
sustaining, financially, an Organization
to- reinforce the law By appointing and
sustaining special officers to secure the
arrest and punishment Of violstors.
The existing humane law seems to
lack but one provision, namely. that
of not allowing the use OF fines i'm
posed on violators towards keeping no
a society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals and children.
The last organization of this char
acter passed out of existence from
tIllS CduSc dlOnCr dS IL p" dS uAldDic ~
pay an active inspector even a small
salary.
VIII some legislator make d person.
al additional clause TO this good law
that it will be possible 20 organize
and sustain a humane society in every
town and city in the state and forever
eliminate the reproach mat hangs
over every community because OF
cruelty towards accomplishing and un-
offending QUadrupeds.
1t is next to committing an act OF
cruelty to claim that necessity docs
not exist for the formation OF these
safeguards against the violation of this
law as d day rarely passes but one
witnesses the most wanton cruelty
practiced by irresponsible handlers OF
stock. No longer than last week the
writer saw a small calf tied by the
leg lying in the bottom of a delivery
wagon, with boxes piled on top of it.
S. D. INGHAM.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Make a Place for
This Old Public Servant.

The recent primary brought into
prominence again, though only for a
few days, the name of man-On old
his life in the service of the city. a
large part of that time he served with
out pay, during the balance of the
time the salary was never large. He
gave the people good service while on
duty, and when age and other infirmi-
ties incapacitated him for further
service, he went into private life I'M
fitted to a large extent for making a
livelihood in any of the various
avenues which other and younger men
were crowding to their capacity.
We refer to former Fire Chief John
Baker than whom the city never had
a more faithful public servant and i'll
whom 1t now has a citizen who gave
the very best years of his life to the
public service.
The board of public safety can make
a place for CHER Baker. There are
various kinds of work in the fire de-
partment which he can do and which
he would no doubt gladly accept even
though the pay were small. The pub
lie. to a man, we believe, would ap-
prove of such action and we have no
doubt that the man whose long years
of service was in the fire department
itself will still be of use and value to
the CITY in whatever DOsition tho hoard
may find it advisable to assign him
now.
The ''old man" won't be here many
years at the most, and it is as little
as the city can do to see that he has
employment during that time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Chicago's Victory for
Municipal Ownership.

Regardless of the defeat of its
mayoralty champion, municipal ow-
nership won magnificent victory
in Chocago last Tuesday when by
a referendum vote, the people ap-
proved the ordinance recently passed
by democratic city council provid-
ing for 20-year street railway fran
chises but reserving the city's privi-
lege TO buy the street car system, on
six months notice, any time before
the franchise expires.
Thus, if the people desire to do so.
they can give notice next week and
in six months they can purchase out
right the Chicago street railway sys-
tenn.
A general misunderstanding seems
to exist regarding the effect of Mayor
DUNES defeat on the municipal own
ershlp question. Mayor Dunno stood
for Immediate public ownership ard
he made his campaign on that. issue.
Busse, his successful republican oppo-
nent. favored the ratification of the or
dinance referred TO above. The street
railway interests favored Busse. but
were opposed to the ratification of the
ordinance. The people elected Busse
xnd approved the ordinance, thus Civ
Ing the street railway interests their
candidate, but adopting the measure
which those interests tried to defeat
This ordinance provides for 2O-year
revocable franchise, with the require
ments that the street railways operat-
Ing under 1t shall pave, clean, repair
and sprinkle the streets they use; give
universal transfers; spend from $40
100000 to 100000 900 in improve
ments, extensions and subways.
pay SO per cent of their net
profits TO the city, or, if the
people prefer. reduce fares to the
same extent. In addition to this the
city reserves the right ut any time to
buy out the business for not more than
S5O,O00,000 plus what the company
shall Gave expended in improvements.
order-ss or approved by the city's ex.
perts.
II any more notable victory has
'sver been Won for any cause. we have
failed to note it. and We have no doubt
hat the city of Chicago will profit in
every way by the hold which it now
possesses on the great public service
corporations which have SO long used
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Too Deep

The story is told Of lank, disconso-
late looking farmer who one day dur
ing the progress of a political meeting
in Cooper institute stood on the steps
with the air Of one who has been sur
feited with feast OF some sort.
do you know who's talking in there
nowY' demanded a stranger briskIy,
pausing for a moment beside the dis
consulate farmer, "Or are you just 60
ing in"
"No, sir. I've just come out" said
the farmer decidedly. Mr. Evarts In
talking in there"
.sWhnt about?' asked the stranger.
"WeI he didn't say" the farmer
answered. passing a knotted hand
across his forehead
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Willing to Spend $40, 1000.


In response to the announcement
that he would run for governor of
Florida in lie next race, Gen. Albert
w. GilchriSt has announced through
his official organ at Punta GOTda
that while he is wealthy, he does not
purpose to purchase the office of gov
ernor; that he is willing 10 spend a
matter of $4,000 to be elected, but
he isn't in the business of buying
public Office
These cogitations of the prospective
candidate for the governors chair
are worthy of consideration. Numer-
Gus candidates are mentioned for
governor, but of the many mentioned
there can be few, not more than one
or two. who can afford 10 make the
race. The last race for the govern
ship in Florida placed the office be
yond the reach of a poor man. That
is what some persons say, yet the
present governor won the race and
he is poor man. He went down 10
the verge of bankruptcy to do it, but
he won, and this fact should offer en-
enlargement to the aSpirantS who are
not loaded down to earth with the
goods thereof. Some time ago a
newspaper correspondent passed
through Tallahassee, spent a day and
sent his paper a letter, purpOrtins to
deal with the men and conditions in
Florida The writer said that all of
FlOTida's SJatehOuse officials were
wealthy men. This was interesting
news to the Statehouse officials. The
fact is there is not one, II indeed
there be any of the present state
house officials, who has any consider
able accumulation of worldly goods
The most of them are in financial
straits. and this speaks much for the
honesty of them, for there are few
who could not line their pockets if
they would permit themselves to be
corrupted. The opportunity for that
modern untility of ready and unutil-
lied coin known as graft is always
on qUi vive in FIorida.-Miami News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
The Journals Position Endorsed.

Henry NJ. Flagler has for years been
one of the most talked of men in
Florida. He has received a great deal
of abuSe-nOt because, of the great
enterprises he is undertaking but be-
cause of his attempts through his
agents to control the politics and gov
eminent of the state The Pensacola
Journal, which is about the best daily
newspaper in the state and certainly
the most reliable, treats of Mr. Flag
Ter in an editorial in Sundays issue
which so nearly comedies with our
views that We take great pleasure in
publishing it below in full. While
rather long, still it will prove of in
terest to every man who has the in
terest of Florida and her people at
Observation-Disclosures Telegram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Kehoe and Lamar,

tbs said that me coming campaign
between Hon. J. Walter KehOe and
Hon. w. b. Lamar, in the second con-
Sressional district of Florida will be
the most interesting Waged in Flor
ida politics for long time. Surely
Washington county will come in for
its share of attention during the time
the candidates are on the stump.
This county StOOG third in the last
general election in number of votes
polled, being surpassed, only Oy Els
Gambia and o,>cksOn counties. Both
gentlemen have hosts of friends here
and throughout the county. II is
hard TO predict just how the county
will go on election day. The con-
gresham has been on the ticket be-
tore and many will remember it when
they see il again. Mr.. KehOe has
been before the people constantly as
state attorney in this circuit and has
won the admiration and esteem of
many by his earnest and close appli-
cation of his attention TO his duty as
a public officer. He has made no
enemies. even among those whom he
prosecuted in discharging his duty
Chipley Verdict.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Endorses kehoe's Plan.

We call attention to the article on
the first page, written by MI J. Wal
ter Kehoe, for the Pensacola Journal
II shows way which is calculated to
purify elections An itemized state
ment of expenses would show some
things which would astonish the peo-
pie. Such things as paying money for
votes and other things of that kind
would be impossible under this sys-
TEN, and men who get Offices would
get them on their merits, and not on
the. length OF their purse strings
Milton Index
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
PENSACOLA FLORIDA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL T. 1907

and abused the special privileges I'M
der which they operated.
Under the result OF Tuesdays cleo
ton, if the street railway interests
give the people the service that should
be given, well and good; if they fail
to do so, then the people will take
over the street railways and operate
them in their own right and interest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Eternity.

A Salvation Army preacher in one Of
his talks exclaimed to his hearers:
Eternity, Why, don't you know the
meaning of that word? Nor l either,
hardly. 1t is for ever and ever and
FIVE or six eVerlastings atop of that
You might place n row of figures from
here to sunset and cipher them all up,
and it wouldn't begin to tell how many
ages long eternity is. Why, my
friends. after millions and trillions of
years had rolled away in eternity 1t
would be n hundred thousand million
Of years to breakfast time. "-London
Express.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07

was the most satisfactory one held for
years.
Judge Wolfe. by his urbanity and
genial disposition endeared himself
to all the officers and attendants on
the court. The attorneys state that
his rulings have been fair and TO the
point, and it is universally conceded
that all who came before the court
obtained full justice.
We gladly welcome Judge Wolfe to
our community, and hope that he will
long be with uS.-MiltOn Index
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
A Disguised Traveller.

Judging from his well-wirtten but
rather Oessimistic description of his
recent journey to Key West, travel,
must not agree with Editor Powell, OF
the st. Petersburg Independent.
According to his story. he was inn
posed upon by the Pullman employees,
ridiculed by a Jacksonville policeman.
bulldozed by the hotel walters. over
charged by the hotel clerks. held up
and robbed by the steamboat men,
starved, stuck" and outraged gener-
ally.
Shame on the transportation and
hotel people of Florida that they should
thus mditTeat a modest journalist?
The News would respectfully sug-
gest that the next time Editor Powell
ventures forth on the crowded high
ways of travel he wear a conspicu-
Gus placard. reading: Newspaper
Man. Handle With Care."-Tampa
News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Jennings Will Make It Warm,

The Pensacola Journal has succeed
ed in getting Hon. r. A. Jennings to
say that he will make the race for
governor of Florida if he is assured
he is the choice of the people So far
as the Herald is Informed, Mr. .Jen-
nings has a large and influential fol-
lowing, and it is safe to say that he
would make it warm for any man who
might enter the race against him -
Milligan Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Catching MuIIet with a Hook.

The True Democrat Of Tallahassee
announces a story of H. Clay Crawford
and B. E. McLin catching mullet wi I
q hook and line as something out of
the ordinary. They have been caught
that way to our editors knowledge
for forty years and the process can be
witnessed at every flood tide, at the
bridge at the foot of Ave. d. in Miami.
-JaSDeT News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Municipal Ownership.

The recent widespread circulation of
articles in newspapers and circulars
relating that many cities in the coun-
try have made a failure of municipal
ownership of water and lighting plants
has caused such cities to exchange
notes and information on the subject
Without exception they all declare
municipal owner ship 10 be much be-
ter thing than even its friends assert.
They did not really know how good II
was until they were stirred by attacks
TO make a re-examinatiun. The cru
SADIE has had the effect of boomerang
and the leg OF high finance has SIM
lily suffered another severe pull
Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Judge Beqqs an Editor.

Judge E. d. Beggs of Pensacola was
in the city the guest of his brother,
Mr.. T. J. Beggs. one or two days last
week Judge Beggs is better known
to many of our readers as Dixie"
Beggs. and was at one time editor
and proprietor of The Recorder
Madison Recorder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
PensacoIa's Primary.

The primary in Pensacola was an
astOnisher to the people down there.
The most maligned man got the big
SeSt vote for mayor, and the only two
cripples in the bunch ran so far
ahead of their opponents that the
Oppos would not know they were run
ming if they didn't see it in the pa
perS-MiltOn Index
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07

awhile and let the unnamed lady who
got out the paper, continue the good
work. She's all right, she is.
The Pensacola Journal and the
Tampa Tribune are again picking al
each other on the harbor question. We
propose to wait until the surveyors
now at work get through and will then
silence all who have dared to question
the superiority of our harbOr-Key
West Citizen.
Now this is what we call taking an
unfair advantage. Key West has
those government surveyors down
there all to herself where she will
wine and dine and entertain them, ten.
der them receptions. stuff them with
fish dinners, and otherwise impress
herself on the minds and hearts of the
poor fellows until they won't be able
to heave a sounding me or determine
a measurement. And no telling what
the surveyors report Will show Its
unfair and we protest
HOW TO RUN A NEWSPAPER
NhSh d man cues dSNIdy.
Keep il out
When the critics rOaSts play
Keep it out.
When two men in anger clash;
When a merchant goes 20 smash;
When the cashier steals the cash
Keep it out.
When they quarrel in the church
Keep ii out
When a teacher yields the birch
Keep il out.
When nine women fair to see
Whisper something over tea
Print it? Goodness gracious me!
Keep it out.
When two statesmen make deal
Keep ii out.
When another tries to steal
Keep it out.
Stories thin and stories tall;
Good and bad and big and small
Anything that's news at all
Hear EN- shout:
Keep it out
Peoria Herald-Transcript
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07

anything about Mr.. FlagIer, simply be-
cause there were plenty of other news
papers, ADLER and more influential,
talking about him, while this ones at
tention was absorbed by local inter-
ests. If. however, The Heralds opin-
ion is desired, here II is: We need
him; We have plenty for him to do:
and if lie will but come over and 90
to work, he will receive the most en-
thUsiastic welcome.-Punta Coz da
Herald
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF THE STATE PRESS
The tobacco "Habit.u

Evil habits are bad and the I'd
bacco habit" IS held up by moraliSts
and refOrmers as very bad indeed. But
no reference is intended to the tObac-
co growing habit and it pleases Us
immensely to believe that a goodiy
number Of ouy farmers and citizens
are becoming considerably enthused on
the subject, ard togacco growing In
Madison county promises to become a
fixed habit with many which will in
sure to the benefit of all. Let the
habit" fasten itself upon us quickly.
Madison New Enterprise.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Bryan Will Be Nominated.

Bryan Will Be Nominated.
The Parker Democrats and Repub-
lican Democrats of the country crlti-
else Bryan's every movement, and
never an opportunity is let go by to
grab at, any and all straws that may
point 10 some possible prospective
candidate who might detract from
the one purest of all pure and brain
est of all brainey statesmen in this
union of states whom the masses of
the people long to see placed at the
head of this nation. Nothing short
of a miracle can prevent the nomina-
ton of w. J. Bryan at the next Dem
ocratfc National convention, and that
miracle would have TO be the selec-
ton of Roosevelt instead.-St. Angus
tine Meteor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
JUDGE Wolfe at Milton.

Santa Rosa counts herself highly
honored in having the first services
of Hon. J. Emmett Wolfe, as circuit
judge.
Every one who attended court the
past two weeks are loud in their
praise of the gentleman, and it is
universally remarked that the term
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Would Welcome FIagIer.

In response to the Times-Union's
suggestion thatss the Florida news
papers do justice 10 Mr.. Henry NJ.
Flagler by expressing an honest opin-
ion of him and his work. The Herald
begs TO remark that it has never said
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Wen Send YOU Another.

The Easter edition of The Pensa-
cola Journal unfortunately did not
reach the editors desk, but if it was
as good as the edition of last Sunday,
as well as being double the size, it
certainly deserved the best that could
be said of it.-Jacksonville Times
Union
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Slaughtered BY Hogs.

The sheep men report the poorest
lamb crop this year of any for the
past ten. There were a large number
of lambs dropped, but the hogs driven
by hunger have literally slaughtered
Breeze
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
The Journal a Generator"

The Pensacola Journal had a As
page edition Sunday, made possible
by about Sc pages of advertising.
Pensacola is a live wire, and The
Journal is a generator of about four
hundred thousand ampheres.-St. Pc
tersburg Independent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
SAID OF PENSACOLA
AND. PENSACOLIANS
We Hope She Will Be.

The Florida Good Roads Convention
will be held in Pensacola during the
coming June. Franklin should be rep
resented at the neutrality-suspicious.
la Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Judge Wolfe Making Good.

Judge Wolfe is making deep I'M
preston on Milton. He is demonstrate
ing the fact that he is an able jurist,
a deliberate yet decisive, and withal
an eminently fair, and impartial cir
cult judge.-Milton Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
Kehoe Does Things

The state solicitor. Hon J Walter
Kehoe, proved during the late term os
our circuit court that he knew how
to do things, and kept right on doing
them.
He prosecuted vigorously, and the