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The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
WE NEVER BLAME THE BOOZE.

 Cap Noodles, with his go4t afame, His body sore, his mind the same. His heart welled up in sad dispute About the pains that through him
 shoot.
 Has beat the bush at every point To learn what twists him joint by joint But every search and quest refuse Because he fails 10 blame the booze. The farmer storms with might and
 main
 For hands 10 help him reap his grain, For hope to win his children back. For funds and means to stay the wrack He longs for those dear days of yore When peace and plenty filed his store. He wonders Why-but what $ the use Unless he stops to blame the booze? The judge in stern array and frown, Before he sends the culprit down, Tells how it was and might have been Who brought 1t on. where. which and
 when:
 Harangues the wretch and piles his shame
 Up mountains high with scorn and
 blame.
 And when he's done with his abuse 11a, ha. He's never blamed the booze, Old Parson Grimes goes pounding l through,
 Above the sermon hid from view, Across the pulpit-left and right To half his members there in sight. The other half? Why not in placer 'Tis shocking in this day of grace, Why have we these cold, empty pews: l blush to answer: Blame the booze.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11

If the saloons were abolished in For rest City, at least s200, 00o would be turned into other business in the town and county. That would make busi- ness flourish more than the measly little 5000 that we get as revenue. Is not that SO? The business men think so, and are going to vote against the saloons this year. See if they don't.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11

The polls will be closely guarded by the prohibition forces on election day. Every voter will be asked to give his name and the number of his ballot and to tell how he voted on the liquor question. Then if there is any eyi- dence of fraud the matter will be ad- justed in the courts and the offenders sent To the penitentiary. We must have clean election and fair count.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
EVEN A BEAST DESPISES 4
 DRTNKARD.

NIT. Bostock, the animal tanner, tells us that the most remarkable man he ever knew in his dealings with ami mals was the keeper of his tiger cage, who seemed to have hypnotic power over these wild animals. One day MT. Bostock was passing the cage, and saw this man lying in drunken sleep in the midst of the tigers, who were lying around as if protecting him. MT. Bostock had never seen the man under the influence of liquor before. No one dared to attempt to drag the man out, and so they were obliged to leave him there until he became sober. But from that day he never had any more influence over the tigers. They even showed fight when he came around, and others among the work men had more influence over them than he.-Christian Endeay0r World
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
A MESSAGE TO THE SALOON
 KEEPERS OF FORREST CITY.

Men in the liquor business, do you wonder that We men who are trying to serve God in the highest sense by serving Humanity, do you wonder that We hate il? Do you wonder that at great cost in time and money, with out gain 10 ourselves, or hope of re- ward, we fight it?
 Do you wonder that for your own
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
MISLEADING STATEMENT.

From the Monroe County Citizen,
 of September i
 'Brinkley has been without license for two or three years, and may have had its full measure of prosperity. It ought to have had. It is strictly and practically cash trade town, and is supported by manufacturing enter prises principally, but We are informed that Brinkley is sure to have licensed saloons again next year. tis the same old story-plenty of whiskey and no revenue.
 The above from the Forrest City Times does not do credit to the intelli- gence of it's editors. The facts in the case in regard to 'plenty of whiskey and no revenue are grossly and we believe Intentionally misrepresented There is absolutely no grounds for the statement. There are no blind tigers in Brinkley, and the officers will not allow them to exist in the city or county. The Times might get few pointers on this by interviewing sey- eral boot-leggers who thought that they could operate here, but who are now doing time on the county farm.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11

The Prohibition people wish noth- ing but d clean election and a fair count.
 The Times last week endorsed this sentiment, and We are heartily glad. No man ought 10 wish to carry his point by unfair means.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
VOTE AGAINST THE SALOON.

forcement. Funds will be raised in every county for the prosecution of blind tigers, and they will be prose- cuted and put out of business. The very best detectives and attorneys are employed for this purpose. The time for action has come and the will of the people will be done.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
A SALOON KEEPERS OPINION

Dennis McGowa, a saloon keeper of Philadelphia, speaks from experience and rebakes Bishop Potter as follows ln the North American of August l:
 don't think a preacher has any business giving countenance toa sa- looh i1, lh any way whatever. Every one huo"s us wrong 10 sell rum. and a preacher business is preaching agalnSt wrong things, and not helping mem. l wish had never gone into the business.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11

The Anti-Saloon Leaugue of the state will be back Of all election frauds that may be perpetrated anywhere. The best qualified detectives and at tofneys in the State are employed and retained by them 10 aid in the enforce ment Of the law.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
JUST WHAT THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. SOUTH.

JCS ST WHAT THE METHODIST
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH.
 SAYS ON THE LIQUOR QUES-
 TION.
 Let all our preachers and members abstain from the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors 10 be used as a beverage, from signing petitions for such sale from becoming bondsmen for any person a. a condition for ot. taining q license, from acting as a dis. penser or voluntarily accepting an ap- pointment or election as such under the laws of any State in which there is dispensaFY iaw authorizing the sale Of intoxicating liquors by the State county or municipality. and from renting property 10 be used for such saie. If any member shall yio- late any of the provisions of this para. graph. he shall be deemed guilty ofim- morality. II shall be the duty of the pastor 70 deal with the offender as provided for in Chap. VII, See. V. Par 300, page l29. Discipline 1906.
The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11

As man thinketh in the ballot box, so is he.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
PLANNING TAFT'S TRIP.
Vorys Goes East to Confer With Man.
 ager Hitchcock.

Cincinnati September u.-Candidate through the west. A l. Vorys left here for New York today, and will personally represent the candidate before the na- tiona committee arranging this trip, which will take in at least the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
 Two other trips are being planned, one through the eastern states and another through number of southern states. These, however, will not be worked out until the western journey has been ar- ranged.
 Judge Taft and National Chairman Hitchcock had an extended conference to- day over the long distance phone, the re- suit of which was the hurried departure of MT vorys for New York.
 MT. Vorys having been with me for some time knows exactly my ideas con- corning this trip Judge Taft explained, .'and it was regarded as more satisfactory that he should go to New York and take up the details of the trip with the com mittee. He will bring back with him prob ably Sunday, the result of the commit tees decision"
 It was stated that MT. Vorys took with him no specific recommendations from the candidate MT Taft gave 1t is as his opin- ion that his western trip would not extend as far west as the coast although he was not certain about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
A QUAINT SWISS CUSTOM.
Picturesque Ceremonies Accompanying
 the Passing of Winter"
m the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
 The land of the Switzers is rich in- deed in folklore. Who has not heard of the ringing deeds of William Tell? And so thoroughly do these hardy mountain folk enter into the spirit of these old stories and quaint customs that the traveller finds monuments erected to the memory of this trad1- tional hero, while even in such up-to- date cities as Zurich, that so impresses the American tourists on account or it's imposing buildings and busy stir, the entire population abandon their ln- dustry in order to take part in sym- bolic festival.
 The passing winter or, to use the picturesque native expression, "schse- lauten''-6 o'clock ringing feast-the beginning of which is announced by the cathedral chiming the hour of 6. The real celebrations begin at s o'clock, when the national and canto- nal flags are hoisted on the staff of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
AUTO RACE STARTS.
Lewis strang Is Out of the Contest
 Owing to Machine Troubles.

Brighton Beach, N. T., September Ill., Finder the glare of searchlights and watched by 9o,o0O persons, Il high-powered racing automobiles driven by the most daring drivers in the world, started on a eA-hour race tonight around the little saucer-shaped track at Coney Island The tourney is drought with peril to the driv- CTS. and before midnight there had been one serious accident, Sartori. a French driver, being badly hurt, and his mechanician painfully injured.
 President Roosevelt gave the signal to start the race by telephone from his home in Oyster Bay, and at S:3O o'clock the Il cars darted away on their dangerous journey.
 The terrific pace maintained by the racers is shown by the time made by Rob ertson. A member of one of the Amer ican teams.
 At the end of the first hour he had made 45 miles and was sixth, but at the end of the second hour he had made lOl miles and was first, his run during the second hour being 56 miles. So great was the interest in the race that the crowd did not diminish as midnight approached.
 feature of the race during the late hours of the night was the furious driving of Lewis Strang, who, hopelessly out or tbe contest because of earlier mishaps, brought the big crowd to its feet several times by his valiant efforts to make up lost ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
REPORT REJECTED.
Georgia Legislators Cannot Get TO-
 gether.

Atlanta, Ga. September n.-Ihe s'a'e senate this afternoon voted to reJect 'he report of it's conference committee anu adjourned over until Monday ihe pro press toward convict legislation IS ap- parentlv no further advanced than It was when the extra session began US work.
 The senates action in adjourning un- til Monday created considerable surprise' The house adjourned until tomorro"' "'' granted permission to all members nav ing business to go to their noiies uh'i Monday. meeting of the house was urged for tomorrow in order that any bill adopted by the senate today might be sent over and read for the first tinle The prospects of convict Legislation a' an early date are not encouraging.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
Dun & Co.'s Report.

New York, September 11-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly trade review will say:
 Small gains are the rule in trade re- ports, although changes are often insig nificant and it is only in the aggregate that any tangible progress can be dis cerned. Interruption of holiday made comparison with the same week last year unusually adverse, but industrial reports indicate that much machinery that has been idle for many months resumed af- ter Labor Day. Production of pig iron is now at higher rate than at any previous time this year. and many hands have returned to work at textile mills while shipping departments in all wear ing apparel houses are beginning to feel the pressure of demand for fall and win ter trade. Depleted stocks in the hands of country merchants in steady improve ment in business encourage producers although actual contracts come forward conseryatively
 Again the cotton goods industry reports a better sentiment and more inquiries that are expected to culminate in actual business but the volume of trade Is not perceptibly altered. While buyers in the primary market are no more inclined to operate beyond immediate needs than they were earlier in the season, it is evil dent that supplies are getting low and current business is more urgent These points suggest that the market is get ting in better condition and when raw material becomes less erractic there is reason to hope for better distribution of goods Local jobbers report a fair business and western houses note slight improvement. Demand seldom covers de- liveries of cotton goods beyond November and most trade is for quick shipment. Conflicting conditions still exist in diff ferent sections of the wool industry. Some worsteds are in good condition, but others cannot keep machinery en- ployed much longer. Cancellations are less numerous than usual, partly owing to small orders.
 Little change appears ts rIe footwear situation, demand continuing inactive Producers insist on advances in keeping with the rise in leather Heavy sole leath- CT continues strong active, but light stock is neglected Trade in domestic hides is light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12

the cathedral. A pretty sight is that Of the procession of more than 1000 children, in appropriate costumes. es- corting the triumphal car bearing the goddess of spring attended by her maidens, while behind her is drawn, amid dancing clowns, the captive Boegg, representing winter, being a huge figure made of wood and covered with cotton wool, stuffed with cracker and gunpowder.
 Winding through the streets on eith- CT side of the River Limmat the pro- cession makes it's way to the lakes. Here the Boegg is raised on high poles and bonfire built up around it. Dur ing the afternoon the city guilds par ade in quaint costumes and many mer- " jokes are played, until at the first stroke of the torch is applied to our friend Boegg. and winters reign is a thing of the past. The flames leap up and are reflected in the lake, while from surrounding boats fireworks add to the liveliness of the scene. The guildhouses of which Zurich has many handsome examples, are thrown open to visitors and the evening is devoted entirely to pleasure and entertainment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
SOME EXPANSION
 IN RETAIL TRADE Jobbing Business Improves and
 Collections Are Better INDUSTRIES OPENING UP Greater Blast Furnace Operations Are Reported and Paper, Coal and Lum- Der Trades Show Improvement
 Textiles Show Little Change.
INDUSTRIES OPENING UP

New York, September 11.-Bradstreets tomorrow will say:
 The advance of the fall season and the meta ble enlargement of the movement of cereals and cotton to market at good prices have made for a further moderate expansion in jobbing and retail trade and collections. This is especially marked at western, Pacific coast and southern cen ters, but the point is made that agricul- turdl sections have done better relatively than large industrial cities in the matter of retail trade, possibly because of warm weather or the reduced purchasing power of city workers and the high prices paid for farm products. Industries, too, have shown some improvement, notably in this respect being coal and lumber interests There is ar increase also reported in blast furnace capacity. and there is more do- ing at the paper mills. In the textile trades little change is noted, and while the fall demand for dry goods, millinery and kindred lines has improved, the con- sensus of reports is that buying is ire quent. rather than heavy, and conserva- tism rules purchasing.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending September 10 number 1S1, against 21O last week and 172 in the like week of 1907.
 Tine total reported this week is the smallest noted since last October. Fail ures in Canada for the week number 2 which compares with r last week and p in this week last year.
 Wheat, including flour exports, from the United States and Canada for the week ending September 10 aggregate 3,O12- 49S bushels against 5,396O26 last week and ,St6 this week last year. For the Il weeks ending September 10 this year the exNoItr are 35, 5,7O6,S75 bushels, against 3i.50o9S2 in the corresponding period last year.
 Corn exports for the week are 4S,S14 bushels, against 40,O51 last week and 677,- 735 in 1907. Fol the Il weeks ending Sep tember 10 the corn exports were 542,o56 bushela. against 1S,s14s15 in the same pe- ricd last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
GREGORI FREED OF
 ASSAULT CHARGE

Paris, September 11-With the acquittal tonight by a jury in the assize court of Louis A. Gregori, who fired upon Maj. Dreyfus during the ceremonies last June incident to the placing of the body of Emile Zola in the pantheon, the Dreyfus affair, which has divided France into two camps for the last 12 years, may be said to have been buried beyond all pos sibiity of resurrection
 The government, it was evident from the remarks of the advocate general in the summing up did not want a severe sen tence which would make a martyr of M. Gregori, but merely a correctional sen- tence which would allow the matter to die out. IL was generally anticipated that the court would condemn Gregori to six months Imprisonment and his com plete acquittal partook of the nature of an anti-climax. Those present in the court room gave vent to their feelings accord- ing to their political views and the court room resounded with mingled hoots and cheers The president of the court, how ever, soon quelled the disturbance by or dering the court room cleared. An at tempt was made to start manifesto tion outside the building, but this was also frustrated by the police.
 M. Gregori addressed the jury as fol- lows:
 q appear before you because at my own risk and peril made personal pro- test against the impudence of the Drey-
 IL. he a1Ifh bacle' at the pantheon and against the humiliation inflicted on the army by be- inr obliged to defile before the man who twice has been convicted by courtmar- tial.''
 For me-" the prisoner said, the oe- cree of the court of cessation was Ju- dicial error; the nomination of Gen. Pic quart to be minister of war was most violent blow to the morale of the army;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
Kaiser Stays Out of France.

Altenberg. Alsace, September n-Em- neror William disappointed the general expectation that he. would set root on French territory today in the course or sightseeing trip along the Vosges range The French authorities forwarded his majesty hearty invitation to do so and had made every preparation to welcome the imperial visitor He had lhtenueu to ascend the Hohneck, the highest point in the vicinity, which is situated In French territory. From 1t splendid view may be had of Remiremont and the valley of the Moselle river. Emperor William arrived here late this afternoon and decided not to proceed across the frontier but he sent his thanks to the French officials for the courtesy shown him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
Booker T. Not for Taft.

Lexington. Ky, September 11.-Booker T. Washington, in an interview tonight denied the report that he would stump the south for MT. Taft. Washington arrived in this city tonight from Tuskegee, and tomorrow will address a large gathering of colored people here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
It's Natural Appearance.

From the Baltimore American
 ..Those bankruptcy proceedings con corning high-priced alienists in the Thaw case
 .Yes?"
 "They don't seem so much of Thaw movement as a frost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
Used to 1t.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Yes" said Rivetts, 1T went to 5 O clock tea with my wife yesterday .'Gracious,'' exclaimed Chumley; didn't it almost drive you crazy?'
 "Oh, no, didn't mind it. own a boiler shop, you know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12

the legion of honor was dishonored by the nomination of Dreyfus and the cere- mony at the pantheon came as q crown- ing infamy. We are provoked and de- fled by Dreyfusism and I acted in sort of legitimate self f-defense"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-12
Cement Plant Burns.

Louisville, September n.-The plant or the Cosmodale Cement company, located at Cosmodale, r miles southwest Of Louisville, burned tonight, with loss es- timated at s2,000,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-21
SUGAR FACTORY
FORCED TO CLOSE
Industry viii Suffer Serious
Reverse Unless Weather
Clears Soon.

Sugar beet men have been hard hit by
the unceasing storms of the past few
days and the first heavy blow to the in
dustry hereabouts came yesterday with
the closing down of the Garland sugar
factory
Inability to harvest the sugar beets is
the reason assigned for the closing of the
Garland factory. The continued stormy
weather has made it impossible, to get
the beets out of the fields, on account
of the bad rodds and the heavy, miry
soil, and therefore all sugar beet facto-
ries report a shortage of neets
Unless the weather clears UP soon, all
of the sugar beet factories in Utah and
Idaho will be seriously affected and will
be compelled to close down, according to
George A Smith, secretary TO the gen.
erai manager of the Utah-I0aho Sugar
company. He said in an interview last
night TO a Herald reporter:
The sugar beet industry has received
serious setback by the unfaVorable
weather and unless relief from the con
tinued storms is in sight soon the out
look viii be very gloomy indeed.
The storms have made the sugar beet
fields wet, damp and heavy. 1t is al
most impossible now TO haul beets from
the fields. for the teams sink i'm and get
stuck in the mire. Not alone that but
the roads are very bad and the farm
ers cannot haul their beets TO the fac
tory
If We are favored with decent wealth
er, we viii be able to get the entire crop
TO the factories inside of twenty days.
If the bad weather keeps& up. the sugar
beet industry will receive body blow.
We are hopeful and waiting to what
the near future will bring us. As il is
now, che whole industry hangs in the
balance and the seasons run will be de-
termined one way or the other by the
weather.
The Garland factory has had to close
because the supply of beets rar short and
the farmers cannot get beets to the fac
tory under the present conditions. We
have six factories, four in Idaho and two
in Utah, and their seasons work depends
on the weather. If the weather clears
soon the employees of the various facto-
ries in this state will be rushed TO the
fields TO help the farmers to get their
beets out.
THE beet crop this fall is normal Il
is a fair crop. neither above nor below
the average, but we are up against the
handicap of having to contend with SO
much wet weather in the harvest time -