davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1908-07-17

were the guests Of Albert spurry this week.
Emmett and Harry Raughley spent Sunday
with their parents near DeatOn, Md,
Mrs. A. W. Spurry and son Albert have returned
from a visit TO Philadelphia and Wilmington
where she has been the guest Of John A. Walls.
Mrs B. F. Ross entertained Miss Bertha Coli
son and friend on Friday.
Miss Lillian Insey, Of Alabama, has been the
guest Of Miss Matte Culver.
While working with the blower Of thresher
81. Cahall met with a severe accident In having
his leg broken.
Milford chronicle., 1908-07-17

All 5c Batistes, French patterns Roundup Prce.... lie
All 12tc BOdered Lawns and Percaes Roundup Price 1Oc
We have the reputation of carrying the incest line of En-
brodees in the town. but they all the Roundup Prices
Milford chronicle., 1908-07-17

1t is our ambition to
Up.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

and incomplete figures would also show son,,
ern death rate higher than the American svo. a'u
But II is figures for the registration .ro.v
only embracing more than one-third Of tho ~
lation of the United States and all the sections .,
which the Government found the method Of col
lcctng vital statistics satisfactory that "supplv
the only data sufficiently complete for the nrana
ration OF reliable mortality statistics" to uss ,no
Governments own lauguage-and the story ,o,a
by these figures a. regards the South an n whole
wc have already given. II only remains for =.
uow TO give tho figures State by State an shown
by these official registration area statistics and
this NO do In the following table setting forth tho
death rate COR In other words. tho chances q,
death in thousand) for the total population
aud then for white and colored races separately
Here they arc:
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

nut tho objection may DO made that these ns.
arcs for III. South arc for cities Our reply 10
that Is that tho comparison with other sections
h. also with cities: nor can escape the concla-
aInu that shr#r figures reflect our rural conditions
also with untaiiins accuracy. because tho most
tas. reaching Investigations by the Government In
great number Of states where both rural ard
urban death statistics havo been collected shou
iha, there IL less than I per cent difference ~
tween tho death rate. az city and town. Tho
aFIctoF sanitary regulations and tho greater avail
ability Of medical help in our American cities
practically coHntcFbatanrr tho conntrys atvans
aEwH In frrnhcF air and the simpler life.
The deduction from all this. In fact. tho
capable conclusion. tn that the death rate In the
snuth IL from Is To IS per cent higher than II
the country at large And ". repeat. that this
not the effect OF our climate, n II the effect Of
improper sanitation: ~ u proof Of mr.. ssilsss
statement tina, wherever the negro population
large his disregard of sanitary laws takes heau
toll upon the lives OF the white aud chill
dFon OF tho South. these classes. being peculiarly
susceptible to tho diseases which the negro
sproads and which the little csn reckless dis
regard Of sanitary laws by large part Of our
ahi," people docs hardly icsa to foster.
Now tho practical and important question for
us, !. whether not going to face Inc
tragic truths No cannot deny and put In op~sati"s
--~ith~r by state government ar 10y state ANA ~
ti"nai governments conhin~i--an organized caun
,o i~~s~n our excessively high death rate our mop
and our great good fortune being that IL II NANNY
due to three pr-s~ntabic troubles: on the hook
worm decrease. CO. malaria, and t3l sypno'
lever. We have icai-d long enough about my
hookworm disease, IL IL like testing with aea'a.
Tho stern reality Of the matter IS now recognises
~ every medical institution ia the United stasss-
Dr. Stiles has npen, most Of his life in the soah
aud has given hundred times more study "
health conditions here than any man Who ms
vet aucBtioncd ono of hts statements / ma
haV" Ia offend some people" hc said ia US as'
week, but am going TO save the lives oil soa'
women and children"
IL IL simply question now of whether We saa'
play tho ostrich act and hide our heads IN wv
sand to keep from facing a stern and unpleasans
truth, or whethet We shall get up like the h's's
and manly people We know Southern men " ~
aud set about the righting OF problem not oAs
as sacred human life itself. but when - ~
man life itsclf-the lives OF the women the w.
and the girls In every section of the so"''e'
States
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28
- What's the Ncws7 -

N1l try l.ifo Commission as published In last
weeks southern Farm .asrtt-. made II
necessary for ua tn omit mention Of some other
uowp matters deserving attention. The past wcrk
has also been rather fruitful nf important ncwa
,oplcm n may bc Just A wcll therefore for as
review briefly n number of The more important of
these matters instead Of attempting our usual
moro formal editorial treatment
-.
away u IN interesting 10 Sec that the German
Kaiser has guat been forced 10 foscrn hts previous
,.o,ir, If r,cssiinw wtth state affairs and wiil
t,onscy hc held "a s.rsrsnr acrnun, mr. hts minis.
,rv and hts snon,r Undoubtedly Germany has
,hu. ,.bcn n long stro ,nwars ponuiar contro, Of
,ha ~oyrvn,nsntai r,nrhtnrvv
M'' "'F@n va ""' p''"''" ''"' ." ' "''
"s"'" '"" '"' ~" ''"'"ef. -"
"F :" N
'"N" P'"'"'''F "''' "'}7" =
." PCT c""' ''''" NV" "'f'"'F ''"'"'''p "'"'
'" - ~ ~" So"
Roth the Chinese Emperor Knnng Hsu. and tho
nowawcr Empress. Tszr tisl An. have died wlthia
tho last tow days Tho lady last mentioned was
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

revision of the tariff at the coming session of Con
gress. with the chances even then. that the re-
dictionary element will control. The almost GER
tain reelection of Cannon as Speaker Is another
discouragng symptom.
4 very formidable and very unexpected cham
pion of sweeping tariff reform however has now
come into tho iists-this being mono other than
Mr. Andrew Carnegie. tho millionaire iron mas
ter. who built up his great fortune under pro-
,cc,ivc tariff and whose cordial support OF Mr. Taft
had it's effect In tho recent campaign. In an ar
ticlc in tho December Century Magazine just OF
the press Mr.. Carnegie declares uncquivooaliy
tina, tho time has como whom our great industries.
having long passed out of tho Infant" stage. no
longer need n protective tariff I'm conclusion.
be says In this remarkable article tariff for pro-
lection which WAS the issue forty years ago.
should now give place To a tariff for revenue. and
therefore tho strict maintenance of tho present
duties upon foreign iusurlca. paid By tho rich. e
Such an utt"rancc from auch a man Is likely 20 do
more than anything else ,ha, has 20, boon sald
TO knock tho props from under tho ultra stand.
pat element In Congress.
The Government IL aiao a,Iil engaged In tho
trust prosecution proceedings. tho Tobacco Trust
being sho latest corporation against which indE
meut has been givcn. This case IN Of great inter
"si 30 our tobacco farmers. though OF course. th"
matter will not sato any real meaning ansii
passed upon by tho un,od sta~a suprom" Court.
II seems To ne that public sentiment has resolved
upon tao Of tho tn@s, effective %. all waya Of pro
v"nilnE trusi expressions: 90 No FaIiway or pub.
lr service corporation should DC ailo~~d tn give
rebates or other special taroFr To trust.
tho case wiih tho STANDARD OFT Company. and tzl
90 trust should 10 allowed ,o stiao competition
10y selling l,s products cheaper ia a competitors
territory than elsewhere. tts in,ontion tn all sarh
cases aosns merely To siarro oa, opposition and
tocrup for It's iossos br cnsortinE cnvrwspondihgy
heavier prices after establishing itself an a mo.
nogoiy
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

man gets his pleasure or his pain whoio "a
seeks H. his success failure as ana NJ" .a,.
makes his effort and no man yet ever maue ,auy
lar on the farm or anywhere else by careiu"'
cultivating crouch james III. s, TOMBSTONE
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28
Our High Death Rate: What Shall
We Do About II?

lST~ lie seriousness of tho matter OF the South
lKI high death rate an mentioned Ia last
weeks saush~rn Farm t.asrttc cannot b.
psrrUnttmatrd.
sa,n In America ia iT.s por 900 population: iu
tho South 2s.s per 1000 population: for negroes
sos for tho country generally. and sT.s for tbs
south.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

Or II this assertion seems 10 you far
away. academic proposition. lot interpret II for
you In terms of atern and naked reality:
According to these figures. ~ you n white
living under ordinary American conditions
and sanitary regulations. there only ~ chances
IA a thousand that you viii die within year. but
u You arr living In Ga. South there arr -
chances. For n negro in the country generally
there 10 chances In "a thousand OF his dying
within year; In the south ~ chances.
These statements are based upon the census
statistics for tho repatriation area" OF the United
States. tho only mortality s,atistics accredited by
the general government. the mere returns OF
deaths by general census enumerators being of
nciaiiy pronounced too incomplete To form any
reliable conclusions as TO the death rates In rea.
ton To population" This situation WAS set forth
In our editorial of last wcek-an unfortunate or
ror corrected In all the later copics) setting
forth our impression that even these discredited
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

II is becoming increasingly apparent that II
will require tho most emphatic pressure from Mr..
TAFT. Mr. Roosevelt and the more progressive ele-
ment of their party TO bring about any effective
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
THE GREATEST SHORTHAND


We desire to announce that we have
adopted tho Clartler System Of Short
hand We have tested this System and
we find 1t TO be all right The leading
Business Colleges In the East have
tested II and find It superior TO any
system OF shorthand in use today. The
f-llowing are "a few OF the many large
Business Colleges using 1t.
THE Charter Shorthand is far
superior to any other system we have
ever used. Browns Business College,
Lincoln, Neb.
There is nothing to equal Charter
Shorthand. ."-McChesney Business Col
lege, Patterson. N. j.
There Is nothing like Charter
Shorthand f-r ease dn learning and
rapldity In writing. It's reading power
Is something wonderful. Rubicam
Shorthand School. ST. Louis, Mo.
1T Is so simple that q child can
learn g. II has equally as great ad.
yantages from the speed point OF vleH
as other standard systems. - Eastman
business College. = ughkeepsie, n. Y.
There are only TEN short rules
lwith no exceptions, and only SO word
sign Students are writing 100 words
per minute In -FOUR weeks. You can
learn Il in half the time It takes to
/ learn any other system OF shorthand.
Come to tae Guthrie Business Uni
yersity and learn this wonderful
Shorthand and get a position in a
short time For further information
phone 917 or write Guthrie Business
/ University. Guthrie, Okla.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
CASHIER
INDICTED

Madison. H.. Nov. 19.-The skill and
ingenuity displayed by Miss Roxle
Burton of Madison. who made heroic
effort 10 keep the Tri City State bank
OF Madison from cl sing last spiilg,
viii net avail to save her father from
criminal prosecution. Her faaler, G.
w Burton former cashier OF the bank,
aent TO Edwardsville today and gave
bond in 81 900 to answer an indictment
charging embezzIement found against
him by the grand jury Of Madison
county The indictment had been kept
secret til bond was made. Burton
3 a brother of former United states
Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kan
sas The former senator, who served
six m n,hs in the Iron county Jail for
practiclng law before a government
department while he was in the senate
went 10 Madison and offered to heln
us brother when the bank closed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19

doctor says il would help him If you
would sing for him" said she.
II will 60 az once" said the singer.
in the meantime Mrs. Bull telephon-
ei TO the hotel Office TO have a plano
moved into the rooms. It was put in
so nolselessly that it did no. disturb
the sick man. AM in a short time she
arrived with MmeNCalye.
The great singer sat at the piano
arl for more than sn hour she went
over all the fayorite songs of the doc
Tor. She went through German, Italian
Spanish and French opera. The doc
t-r Loves French. and sac sang him
many songs in that language. Then
she sang some OF the popular songs
of the daytime. Calve knows them
M. BY chat time he was sitting in
ed, propped up with pillows He
had taken on new life, and ms Nine.
ralve watched the effect she suddenly
ran off into rag-time, and the patient
hegan to applaud her.
By the time she had finished he
seemed a changed man. An hour latei
he began taking ncurishment like a
man who was hungry and does no
interI that gloom saall pervade his
sick. ON again.
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[)E::A
BAL. .KE:[)
BY SONG

New York, Nov. l9--Dr. William T.
Bull. sick unto death from cancer for
several weeks in the Hotel Plaza. sat
straight up In bed ten minutes after
Nine. Emma Calve, the prlma lonna.
had gone through several songs 70
cheer what sac believed was a dying
man.
I'm going to get we'll" he said. as
his face glowei with life He talked
and laughed with his wife and the doc
tors who had believed his death WAS
certain. 1--WE will pre.Tre al once to
go 10 Europe I want to make a teip
20 Germany, whore | can live quietly
and fully recover
He was new man. The voice Of
the singer hal aroused him from his
despair II hal turned his Thoughts in
new direction, anl he not only had
hope-ho had a conviction that he
had conquered the disease that had
bound him 20 what had been believed
was his deathbed.
Physicians are Amazed.
The doctors We're amazed Mrs. lluh
was almost startled. The transfo-ma-
tion was so strange that they could
nGrdly believe what they saw. Never
theless Il was real.
"Dr. Bull is better than he has been
| before. said Or. Blake. who has been
| In constant attendance on him. His
rheumatism which had complicated
| 4,ie trouble over tne cancer las gone
Tie is showing more nerve.
when the f..mous surgeon was re
mogei tom his home to the Plaza
/ because he believed rooms in the
hotel at a great height wAere there
was pure air ans no noise would he'll
Aim. there was little chance for his
recovery His friends believed thai
he had gone there 20 die, and ne him
self had little hope He was in thai
condition when he heard some one
mentIon the name OF Nine Cave.
II wQuli like TO bear her sing again.
81 iilke stricken mao, hardly aole 4
tusa on his pillow Mni2 Calve had
long been a friend Of the doctor an.
! his wife ana hai visltei them often
If ! heard her sing he continued
Il believe II would help me-
GsiSa CeeaGs ss Once.
Mrs. Hull. who had been ln constant
attendance on hev husband night and
dav au4 mad iefa him Oely NJ shorl
Intervals 2or sleep sia0e he nad oeer
IN the hotel. slippel out, leaving tbs
nurse aud doctors Nn charge. She
went straight &c Nine celve. Tbs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19

Chinese whose parents came TO Ha'
waii thirty years or more ago, and
a few Japanese of the same status.
The 100 Chinese and japanese in
he list evidently claim their right to
citizenshi1 by reason of naturaliza-
ton during the time of the Hawaiian
monarchy such citizens under terms
of the annexation becoming citizens
OF the United states. No Orientals,
Of course under the Constitution OF
the United States can be naturalized
as citizens
Although out of Oahu's total popu-
lation If sixty-hve TO seventy-five
thousand. there are Japanese TO the
number OF probably 10000 1t will be
fifteen years or more before they will
cut any figure politically in the ter
ritory, Stree Il viii be that length OF
time before any number of the Ha-
waiian BON Japanese attain their ma
jority.
With changes of figures. the above
applies TO all the other islands of the
group. with the exception that the
percentage of Caucasians Is smaller.
Most of the issues of the campaign
we're purely local although the race
for the position Of delegate to con
eress was very warm between the
present delegates. Prince j. X. Kalan'
ianaole, who was defeated by l.. l..
McCandlcss, the Democratic candi-
date. McCandless is white man who
las lived in the territory for the past
thirty years and accumulated q
considerable fortune. Although the
natives have always largely Outnum.
bered he whites in voting strength
there has Lever been a division along
race lines to anv great extent, with
the result chat they have never con
trolled completely the government ol
tile territcry.
WILL J. COOPER.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
STEEL
OUTLOOK
IMPROVES

New York, Nov. l9.-The Iron age
review today says:
One OF the features of Interest has
been 10 the heavy buying by steel
Workers IN Pennsylvania of basic pig
This places an aggregate of about s,VOO
tons whisn We're made ON the basis ol
Sl6DG delivered for the srst quarter
and SlG2s for what little iron was
bought for the second quarter, Some
hasic iron has also been taken in fhe
81. Louis district and large inquiry, in
Guiding one for 10,0c9 tons, are under
req tiatioa. che leading distributing
markets along the lakes al Buffalo
Cleveland and Chicago report large
sdles Of foundry aud maileable irons.
and now have generally put up their
prices for delivery during the iirst
and second quarters. but the new
schedules have not yet been seriously
tested. Indeed, the impression
Il spreading among buyers that the
rise has been somewhat too rapid
Practically all the principal smelterss
large ami small, have been covering az
least minimum requirements and many
who entered the marker before the
election have made further purchases
Slncc tten
The moyefent In finished iron and
sized Is somewhat quiet in some lines.
bus on the whole the buying is dqvel'
oping slowly IN the semi-lnished
linos the interest is increasing,
Ia the iail trade no transactions OF
any magnitude are reported, but some
lafge business il pending and is ex-
peeled to shape up soon. There 3 a
81 "a deal.of structural work in sight.
Nus ii ,ne Chicago territory there are
hids 0nl which call for 770O. tons Of
material while there are plans under
considerably which, conseryativeiy es'
tilnated. n yolye 100000 tons
The snyder interests OF Psltsburp
have just pwarded the contract Tor lhe
iaegest ore boat yet planned. Another
irierest has ordered two packet
freighlers Of q large. yafd.4 az "a g,
B0uthe hast bon pipt ma4,n1s hATs
afvance9 nitir a4sing sHrees 80 Il
$500 1tf lon. Nfte
The copper market has quieieC
dcwn considerably and prices have re
ceded. Fleetrolytic copper Is nov
selling hi sits5.
W. 7. KlMRERtEs. ~. D.
Rees.l nsseases grciuslvsiy
The Homo eanltarluNN
o. W. Cor. OF Oklahoma Ave. ans See
ond Street
Examination and consultatsOn bg A.
nblnfnent,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
IN THE REALM
OF THE AUTO

El Paso, Tex, Nov 1i--Careful
calculation of the production of auto
robiles in America next gear places
the output Of all the factories close
10 $4,000 cars. This total product,
yaluei at approximately Sl2O,0OO,OOO
win be built Oy 1853 manufacturers;
this means that a cal tSlll be marketed
for a9clt eye.y 1000 of population in
the country ans that the car will aver
age 81. 500 in price. This fluN OF auto
mobiles into the American market
will amount to half as many cars as
Aaye been acquired since the sale OF
automobiles begsrs the number al
ready owned by private citizens being
about 10000 cars
OF tie next years product. the large
Yrop rtion viii be Quilt by compara-
lively few manufacturing concerns.
rhesc figures present a slaetling sig
liiieance when ii is considered that
his brsiness.is Of SO recent origin.
'Tfe bugaboo OF threatening over
production In the automobile industry
q nothing new said Ben1amine Bris'
coe. president OF the MaxwellBriseos
Motor company, who is tust returnine
from California. whore he conducted
negaiiationl for the erection OF 9
fourta factory THE same cry was
raisel when the industry was just
beglnsing "a see its oCn great possi
silities. Il Will reqnire years 70 salts
~ the requirements OF tho home mar
kets. When that has been done-an
We are a long way from it.-thege Is
the foreign market, ana tnen the com
n.ercial vehicle. which will keep a:
busy Tor a long time 20 come"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
CHANGING POPULATION

Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 5.-The total
registration of voters in the Territory
Of Hawaii, shows a falling of by sew
eral hundred from previous years, and
totals 1925.
The registration for the Island of
oahu (the most populous Of the group,
and on which Honolulu is located)
shows a total of 6.4l7. These are class
ifed according TO place Of birth as fol
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19

The 1884 Hawaiians are OF couls9
rot all natives. but include an hatiq@
alities born Ia Hawaiian aoA PROB
biv fourth of this number have no
lative blood in their veins, and pos
sibly one half are only part Hawaiian.
-r'Aos The dascendents OF the early
ame9icSR missionaries, and other
cr.csns En0 look up their resi-
dence in the Islands years ago, are
also the children OF English, Gersaan
and other nationalities numbering az
the nresent time al least several
hundred voters. There are also a cen
siderable number 9f Hawaiian born
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19

Eealy q mall copies OF TAe Daily
Leader anniversary member, c cents
an address Send address and money
10 The Leader office. We viii 10 the
rest.
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SIT @ II 4 "A.
"a. >,lhe Kind Yoa hse kASS Bough
S''Is'''' e. MxHZzEXsSE


Special to Daily Leader.
sulphur, Okla, Nov i8.-The city
council opened last night bids for paw
irg In paving district No. l. ana
awarded the contract, amounting to
Sg4 600 To the shelby nownard asphalt
company OF Ardmore The Shelby
Downard company viii move its paw
ing plant TO sulphur and Will use ma
live asphalt from the mines three
niles south of Piatt National park
Three other paving districts have beer
created aud will be ready for bids be
fore the paving in theirst district
con be completed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
"a AnN FoM MApllMa.

Goeies % the DAILY AerGer HnRlNer'
snsy gGtion can be procured az Yhs
Leader countiaa room wrapped ana
raadg eor melIlng.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19
$3.50 of ShawlS and ScarfS SlO3
We have been selling these Knit
Goods at SOC on The Dollar.

They selling big Why would YOU somebody else
wen sell the thing for $oo Well you'll do
don't buy them here We the people just now on
Scars and Shawis
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19

Only an Ornament.
Handsome Percy Eslerbrook had
lost his job agair-and winter comine
on,
Rnt the ten '-~~ H"s''l youth took the
matter ph.lOscphleally. ie
eilttoppeCS SsFeesp, Ne pathre9 his
mother aM 49, ~ -yyuD fnaW re-
member Atw 'Sel4s1Hi ittfst ihdo -ine
flower of the family provides the daily
bread
And In silent acquiescence the wo'
men took their lunch boxes IN the
shape Of cameras and aeaaueds Tor
the mill Exchange.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-19

Nae, nae. lassie; It's mair serious
the moo"
rs Il. laldie2" asked Maggie. softly,
Her heart was going pit-a-pat with eN-
pectation An what micht u be2'
Il was list i'inkjn.r answered Sandy
THAI il WIS gboot time ya we're pay,
ing me that penny"