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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
From a BAY SPRINGS BOY.

Dear Advocate:
If you will allow me space in the
Advocate / will say few words. ]
have never written to the Advocate
before. MY father is Union man
and takes the Advocate, and I like
to read it, especially the children's
page. / think will join the Union
when am old enough. think when
a man joins the Farmers Union he
has joined a Union that will do him
good if he will stand by it, and do
what he ought to. If the farmers that
join the Union will help each other
and manage things right, they can
soon get any price they ask for their
!, cotton, and will not have to take what
Mr.. Merchant offers for it. hope the
Union will last forever, for I long to
see the day come when the poor farm
| ers will be treated fair and square.
I will close with best wishes to the
Advocate. Your friends,
LUTHER M'BAY.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Advocate:

Dear Advocates:
AS / have read SO many nice let
tiers in the Advocate, from the cou-
sins it gives me the courage to make
an attempt to write also. ] don't be-
long to the Union, but intend to join
before long. Papa takes the Advocate
and is a member of the UnionI /
some times feel as read the chill
dren's letters, would never get
tired of them. Union local is two
miles from $3.50. Soso is a small
town on the G. & S. /. R. R. and is
in a good farming district. Boys, we
will have to get a better move on
us than what we are doing, on the
girls will be sure to beat u.s. ] knox
we all could write more if we would
only try
How many of the cousins have my
birthday, 10Th of June? | will expect
post card on that day.
With best wishes to the cousins
and the Advocate, am,
Otis QU.MRRY.
$3.50, Miss.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Their Eavorlte Notices.

MaAy well-known men have favor.
ito notices which they endeavor to
live up TO, and, curiously enough.
some OF them are particularly applica-
BILE to their professions. Speech il
silvern, silence Is golden Is the
maxim which Sir George Lewis, the
famous lawyer, always bears In mind.
"Tell the truth and shame the devil' Is
Mr.. Labouchere's very appropriate
motto; while Sir John Fisher adopts
the significant words: "The frontiers
of England are the coasts of the
enemy" John Burns Is very fond of
the saying: "The world is my coun-
try and to do good Is my religion; !"
while the British premier gives the
text Of St Paul as his motto: "All
things are lawful unto me, but all
things are not expedient.''
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
TO Maintain Health.

There is an erroneous idea In the
minds of many as to what constitutes
a strong physique. A man can be
strong physically without great stature
and huge muscles. If he has wiry
frame, a body that resists disease. he
can indulge in many hours Of severe
brain work. He will make 1t rule,
however, to take sufficient physical
exercise to keep his system in good
working order.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18

Mamma" said little Dorothy, what
makes Uncle Ben look so funny?"
Hush, child" hastened the moth
er, Uncle Ben Is what they call a
wise old saw
Dorothy looked at the myriad OF
frowns on the old gentleman's face.
"Dacious, mammal" she whispered
s'He looks so cross he must be one OF
those cross-cut saws like they saw
big logs with"
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
After The Honeymoon.

''Boo-hoe!" sobbed Cynthia under
her blue bonnet. IT don't believe
you love me any more"
wall, I do declare" laughed Jason,
as he washed the milk pals, what
put that idea into your head, little
gal?"
why, before our marriage you used
to honey me up and say / was as
sweet as sweet cider and now you say
am sour"
"Oh, don't worry, pet. Even the
sweetest of sweet cider turns to vine
gar after a time"
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Mental struggle.

"A great struggle takes place In a
woman's mind when another woman
asks what her new gown cost" re-
marked the thoughtful thinker.
whats the answer" queried the
unsophisticated youth
"She's In doubt whether TO cut the
price in half and make the other
woman envy her bargain, or double it
and make her envy her aniuence," re-
piled the t. t.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Uncle Tom :

Dear Uncle Tom:
AS have seen so many nice letters
in the dear old Advocate thought !
would write few lines. We have
lots Of rain. The cotton and corn
is kept washed up as fast as we plant
it. / have no pets whatever. The
county Union will meet at the Malone
local the second and third day Of
July We are expecting big time.
Mamma said she would be glad to
have you and any others that would
come and be with us on that day.
And we want lecturer also, to be
with use. A farmers daughter.
ADA OWENS.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
FROM SUN, MISS.

Dear Advocate:
VIII you admit girl of 16 years
to your happy band? am country
girl and live eight miles from town. I
like country life / enjoy gathering
the wild flowers in the spring. / will
describe myself. have blue eyes,
light hair, fair complexion and weigh
115 pounds. My father is Union
man and thinks it is grand organ
ization They have about twenty
three members at Gilbert, Miss, but
some of them do not attend regular.
Papap said he would go as long as
one more man would attend and then
he would go where there was a good
Union. / do not belong to the Union,
but think / will join before long. !
have some chums am very fond of,
one in particular, she is my cousin,
and lives about four miles from here.
AS this is my first letter will bid
you all adieu, by wishing the Union
much success.
OLA WARREN.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Editor.

Dear Editor:
AS / have seen so many nice let
ters in the Advocate, I thought |
would write letter too. We take
the Advocate, and we think it a very
nice, good Interesting paper. My papa
thinks there never was another
Union like the Farmers Union. I will
describe myself as near as can.
am IL years of age, weigh 81 pounds,
have brown eyes, light hair and dark
complexion. like to go to school
We live in the country. I have never
been to city, but would like to visit
one / have three brothers and three
sisters. Two sisters married and one
brother How many of you cousins
like to play dolls? | do. We have
some very pretty roses now. / will
stop as this is my first time to write
to the Advocate. / remain your lit
tie friend,
BURNIE ROWAN.
Blue Springs.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Uncle Tom

Dear Uncle Tom:
AS / haven't seen any thing from
Wright Spring local, will write
few lines. MY papa, one brother and
two sisters belong to the Union, and
all Of them like it as well as / do,
and / think there never was another
paper as good as the Advocate, for q
Union paper Well I will describe my
self, have light hair, blue eyes and
fair complexion, and am 13 years Of
age, weigh 81 pounds. Come again
Miss venia, your letter was fine.
Well I guess / had better stop, as I
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Advocate:

Dear Advocates:
VII you let little girl la years old
join your happy band Of girls and
boys? My grandfather takes the Ad-
vocate, and / like it fine. have one
sister. My mother and father are
dead. MY little brother has been
plowing and / think he likes it very
well. He is 12 years old and my sis
ter is 10. One of my Uncles belongs
to the Union and he thinks it is a
grand organization I will close with
much love to the Advocate and its
readers. Your little friend,
ZERATE FIXES.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18

did not intend to write much this time
If this letter escapes the waste bas-
ket / will come again. Your little
true Union girl,
ALMA BELL.
Edinburg, Miss.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
UNION BOARDING HOUSE.

Board by the day, week or month,
327 South President street, Jackson,
near the city hall Meals 25 cents,
lodging rs cents Mrs. Tom S. Hay
ME. 5-6-OS-tf
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
LADIES and CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.


oren.s department. Fapa enc my Two
oidest Drotners Delong % ths Union.
grade. You all speak OF your pets
My pets are my flowers, ducks and
chickens. We also have good gont1o
horse and I like him also. Laretto
Saul, + wish I could sec your flowers
/ am sure they are pretty. / will
close by asking the cousins for post
cards. / hope to see this in print as
it is my first letter to any paper.
Your new cousin,
HETTY PEEVEY.
Burns, Miss.
Come again Hetty. We are glad
to have you'd.
Dear AuFocaee
May 2 ileeie pos y = JON Soa'
nappy Danu u OoSs anu eiiis ~
laeiei peions - tne iiiu' CIV
am soins - JON : Wnen 'm ~
enough. 40" az al you cousins use
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Markets for FOX skins.

Over 100000 fox skins are sent
every year to the great fur markets of
Leipsic and Nijni-Novgorod.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18

First Postoffice Scheme.
The first postofice scheme was a
private enterprise and was inangu-
rated about 1864
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Advocates:

Dear Advocate:
VIII you allow me space in your
paper to write short letter to the
children's department. / like to read
the Advocate and especially the chill
dren's page. I am in the third and
fourth grades at school. We have a
nice crop of fruit this year, and I
wish the cousins could come and hep
us eat the peaches, apples, plums and
pears. / will close for fear of that
dreadful waste basket. Your little
friend,
FANNIE M'MILLON.
Carthage, Miss.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Dear Advocate:

Dear Advocate:
Here comes a 12-year-old girl ask
ing for admittance in your happy cir
Gle. Papa takes the Advocate and I
enjoy reading the ladies' and chill
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-06-18
Office Equipping


That is our line. We make a study
Of your office wants. If you are fgur-
ing on opening an Office we would like
to figure with you and show you that
we can give you what you want. We
are agents for the Celebrated Beroer,
Metal FLEEING Devices. Our facilities
for fitting up your store, Office or bank
are unsurpassed by anyone making this
section. interested telephone or write
OFFICE SUPPLY & BOOK CO.
Opposite P. o. Jackson, Miss.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-10-11
BLUE GRASS BLADE

that nature is the supreme TACT OF exist
ence 1t requires no proof. He looks
around and it proves itself The sum- total
of all existence is the basis of his belief,
and he knows that every object and form
of matter-from the dew-drop to constella-
:, ons, from infusoria to MANS the spon-
taneous product of the potencies of matter.
and not the miraculous handiwork" of an
almighty spook.
Even the great Gladstone admitted that
outside of the Bible there is no evidence
of God He said: Unless you accept
the testimony of the Bible as conclusive,
what evidence have you of Gods existence
and mans Immortality"
Many of our Greatest Minds Atheists.
The brainiest men of the world have been
Atheists Alex. Won Humboldt, at the age
of so, delivered a course OF 60 lectures In
Berlin, to the scientists of the world, on
the physical construction of TIE universe,
and never spoke the word God" He had
Travelled over the world descended into
the earth and explored the regions beyond
The earth, but discovered no God, no hea-
ven, no devil and no hell. (By the way,
isn't infinite vacuity vastly preferable to
a world with hell in IT'D
Many of our greatest thinkers have been
Atheists. though often preferring to pose
as agnostic. and theists. But all those
rejecting the inerrancy of the Bible (hav-
ing absolutely no other basis for their faith
were practical Atheists.
Science has progressed majestically dur
ing the last century. but it has not discov-
cred single proof of God, of heaven or
hell. Theology is now precisely what it
was a thousand years ago. Tie Rev. Dr.
Hatfield said: Theology is not a progress
i've science; the revelation is made once
for all, and the book Is shut, the hasp is
upon it and it is sealed. New interpreta-
tons and expurgations will not save
1t, and we must believe in that
man-god as described in that hoary
book or we are practical Atheists Nothing
else proves, defines or indicates a God.
We may then justly classify all those
who reject tle infallibility of the Bible as
Atheists. This inclu'es the illustrious
names of Thomas Paine, Theodore Parker,
Felix Adler. Buckle. Brougham, Burns,
Bancroft, Byron. Bryant, Beecher, Boiling
broke, Bacon, Buechner, Burrows, Bierce,
Bradlaugh, Bruno, Bastian, Balzac, Button,
Barnard, Barker. Bismarck, Bain Carlyse,
CASTELAR,. Compile. Clifford, Charming, Ca
rus, Combes, Chesterfield Condorcet, Gle
menceau, Carnegie Cotter. Cavour. Casson,
Darwin, D'Holbach, Draper, Dickens,
Denton, Emerson, Elliott. Froude. Field,
Fichte, Feuerbach, Fiske, Flint, Fechner,
Greedy Goethe, Gibbon, Cunning, Garrison,
Guizot, Gallileo. Won Gizyd, Girard, Hugo,
Huxley, Won Humboldt. Heine Hecker.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-10-11

omnlsclence, is necessary accessory TO
account for natures manifold product
Science insists that wherever there is
matter lnere is force-that matter Is force,
both physical and chemical,-and that
therefore, every world contains within its
own constituents, and carries around with
itself Gas it flies through space and whirls
on it's axis) all tn potentialities needed for
the harmonious existence of its innumera-
BILE passengers on land, in the seas and
air; hence needs not stop on its long jour-
ney of ages to admit pilot or captain to
guide it ii AS course and attend to the
needs of its innumerable inmates.
Is this incredible? But we know it is
true. All life is traced to the chemical
elements of matter, absolutely nothing to
produce the beautiful rose bush and the
myriads of lice that devour it when in its
glory. Now, If the God theory solves the
mystery of the rose-bush and the lice,
want theists to explain. But If there is
infinitely more mystery involved in a Cod
la artifcer-producing the roses and then
the lice to devour them, simultaneously
creating all other organic structures on
antipodal parts of our EARTH this revolving
on its axis and flying through space with
lightning rapidity, his other parts" billions
of miles away among an infinite aggrega
ton of burning bodies l have described,
then it is our duty to reject the hypothesis.
OF two antithetical theories let us accept
the most reasonable.
Referring to this subject, Herbert Spen-
Ger said: '"They (theists) seem quite 10
forget that their own theory is supported
by no facts at all. Like the majority of men
who are born to a given belief, they de-
mand a most rigorous proof of an adverse
belief, but assume that their own needs
none"
Therefore until God makes his presence
known, or until Pope or preachers divest
the God-myth of the inscrutable mysteries
now associated with 1t 1t is plainly the
duty of rational men and women to re-
main on the solid ground of Materialism,
and seek in nature the basis of all cosmic
phenomena and life
If some one would tell us what the man
in the moon" can do and does, 1t would be
of primary Importance that he produce EVIL
dence that the. man In the moon" really
exists and Is a fact; otherwise his assertion
would be of no value For lige reasons, all
talk and tradition of what a God can do
and has done falls to the ground, until
theists first decide which of their innumer-
able Gods is "the only true, living God'
and then prove his existence as an absolute
fact.
consistent and rational than the theist.
He remains upon terra firma and confines
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-10-11

venus, Harrison, Hammond, Ladd, HOBBIES,
jefferson, Job, Ingersoll, Kant ingalls,,
Kronsecker, Liebig, Lessin- Lyell Lowell,
Lawrence, Lincoln, Larkin, Lewes, Lecky,
La Place, .eibnitz, Lamark. Lime, Lindsay,
Leidy, Lesley, Lander, La Leur, Lamartine,
Locke, Mill, Macintosh Martineau, Mol
liere, Macaulay, Maudsley, Moleshott,
Mueller, Marsh, Montgomery Morley, Mott,
Moore. Morse, Martin, Mirabeau, Mazzini,
Mott, Nordau, Owen, Oxen, Oswald, Plinius,
Pope, Proudhon, Phillips, Priestley, Pom
panazzi, Parton, Rosseau, Russell, Roche
fort, Rochester, Ruskin, Renan, Roland,
Rokitansky, Raymond, Romaines, Rems-
burg Servtus Strauss, Sand, Sumner,
Spencer, Smith. Stallo, Shelley, Seneca,
Spinoza, Schiller, Shoppenhauer Stephens,
D nurz, SALISBURY, st. Hiliaire, Spence,
s,altus, Schleirmacher, Smelling, Somerville,
de Stael, Shakespeare, Tolland, Tyndall,
Tennyson, I..oreau, Topinard Underwood,
Volney, Vogt, Vaughn, Vignoli virchow,
Wright, Wolstoncraft. alace, Ward, Will
cox, Waite Wakeman Youmans, and many
others.
John Stewart Mill, one of the most bril-
liant writer's of the last century, said:
The world would be astonished If it knew
how great a proportion of it's brightest or
naments, of those most distinguished even
in popular estimation for wisdom and vir-
tue, are complete skeptics in religion. -
Henry Ward Beecher confessed that,
1T is discouraging to see so many men
religious without being moral. and so many
moral without being religious"
Morals Without Religion
Schiller said: "A robust nature (Eine
Ge3unde NATURE needs no God and immor-
tally. - There must be moral laws
which suffice even without this belief
And Froude: "What has ecclesiasticism
to do with the moral laws? 1t puts them
all aside and puts it's own creed in their
place.
From an editorial in a late Popular
Science Monthly, l quote: The word has
gone forth Morality must stand on
basis of natural law or it cannot stand at
all. There is no uncertainty as to
the fundamental principles of morals; but
we nave weakly allowed ourselves to think
that the authority of all our moral teaching
is bound up with certain traditional doc
trines. That is the cardinal error which
earnest men should strive with all their
power to Danish.
The church has labored persstently to
impress upon its subjects that morals are
intimately associated with theology and
dependent upon religion; that it has been
generally taken for granted that there exist
no motives for morality in the absence of
relgion-one of the libeous methods of the
Continued on Page 14.)
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-04-30
DRANK cARBOlIc ACID
Miss Meta Bailey Commits
Suicide by Taking Poison.

Miss Nancy Meta Bailey com
mitted suicide Monday afternoon
at her home two miles southeast oi
town by drinking two ounces o!
carbolic acid. Dependency over
a love affair is thought to have
been the cause.
The Bailey family live on what
is known as the ]. B. Bell farm
between this city and Freezeoai
hill. Monday afternoon, about 2
O'Clock. the father and his son
went to the field to plant potatoes,
leaving Miss Bailey at home alone,
the mother being at Walla WalIa,
Wash, visiting relatives. They
did not return to the house until 5
O'Clock, when they found the doors
locked. Upon gaining admission.
they discovered the girl on the
floor unconscious and a nearly
empty bottle of carbolic acid on the
table. Drs. Greene and Reynolds
were at once summoned, but they
were too late to render relief, and
the girl gradually sank and died
at 9 O'Clock that night
The motive that prompted the
deceased to take her own life will
probably never be known, although
her father thinks it was disappoint-
ment in love affair with a young
man who until two weeks ago hv-
ed at Pearl. Color is given to
this theory by a partially finished
letter addressed to the Young man,
which lay on the table and which
had evidently been written just
before taking the deadly poison.
The letter contained only few
lines and had in it nothing that
would give clue to the trouble
that weighed upon her mind to
such an extent as to undermine her
reason. She enjoyed good health
and possessed cheerful disposi-
tion. Monday morning she was in
town and appeared to be happy.
The deceased was 20 years of age
and very pretty young woman.
She was the daughter of I. [.
Bailey. who moved to this valley
last summer and bought the Bell
farm. Her mother died when she
was a child, but her father had
married again.
The funeral was held yesterday
the services being con-
Quoted by Rev. Magruder.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-04-30
Fire Protection.

The disastrous conflagration
Sunday has demonstrated the utter
helplessuess of this city in case
of FIRE. There should no longer
be any delay on the part of the
city council in providing protec-
kion to the people of this city in
preventing a repetition of Sundays
Experience. The loss sustained
would have built a system of wat
erworks adequate for present
needs. Every means in the
power of the city authorities
should now be exerted to bring the
plans already mapped out to a
speedy head. Meanwhile, protec-
tion in the shape of chemical en-
gine and hook and ladders should
be provided.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-04-30
DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.
Fire Destroys Five Buildings
with Loss of SIG, 900.

A FIRE that started in the Emmett
hotel Sunday afternoon destroyed
four frame business houses and a
large livery barn on the lower end
of Main street, causing a loss OF
between $l6, 600 and $40. coo.
Buildings adjoining and on the op-
posite side of the street were dam
aged to the extent of $1,000. The
insurance amounts to $7400.
The fire was discovered at about 6
O'Clock by Barrett Williams and
Orrie Mundav, while eating din
ner in a restaurant across the street
from tie hotel. An alarm was at
once given by the firing of revolv-
ers and the blowing of the electric
light plant whistle. and a large
crowd quickly gathered to fight
the flames. The fire had started
in the attic of the hotel and when
discovered smoke was issuing
through the roof. A bucket bri-
gade was quickly organized and
stream of water poured on the roof,
but the flames had gained too great
a headway. the entire attic being
a seethiug mass of flames, and 1t
was soon apparent that the town
was threatened with serious con-
fagration. By this time fully
1900 people had assembled to do
battle with the flames. The town