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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06

Miss McMurray was, in the city
Thursday and shopped with Bryan
merchants.
Ed Hall just received Fresh 1905
Cleaned Currants, Imported Figs, I'm
ported Citron. Pine Apple Glaze, Crys
talized Cherries, Seedless Raisins
Shelled Almonds. 2Ss
Mrs. Frank Wilson of Madison
county was in the city Thursday on a
shopping trip.
Miss Lizzie Grissett of lola, Grimes
county, was in the city Thursday on
a shopping trip.
Mr.. o. E. DuBose and family left
Thursday FOR Mart, where they will in
the future reside.
Tickets for Allen Academy. Waco
High School football game Friday
afternoon on sale at Brandon G. Law
rence's. 2sG-2S7
Mesdames Robert Battle, Frank
Webb, Hendricks Conway, Sam Dun.
lap, Henry Locke and Earle Bearde
will give a novelty tea at the rest.
dence OF Mrs. Henry Locke. next door
to the Methodist parsonage, on Friday
afternoon from 3 TO O'Clock. 2SC-2S7
Mrs. T. S. Schenck of La lara, Colo.
arrived in this city yesterday for
visit to Mrs. Eugene Edge.
Meet me at the Cozy zS7
Misses Maggie and Winnie Wilson
were among the young lady shoppers
from out of town Thursday.
Are you going to the Cozy? 2S7
Tickets for A. G. M.-Texas game on
sale at Brandon & Lawrence.s
2Ss-291
Mr.. j. A. Hicks of Reliance was in
the city Thursday morning and made
The Eagle pleasant call
"Spotless Flour" leads them all.
Made from soft white Missouri Winter
Wheat. For sale only by Ed Hall. 2S9
Mrs. Fannie Chytil of Wheelock was
one of the many lady shoppers from
distance in the city Thursday.
Allen Academy and Waco High |
School. the two champion prep teams
Of the State, will settle the matter |
Friday afternoon. Tickets on sale at |
Brandon & Lawrence's. eS6-2S7 |
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
HE 7. c. Schedule.
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.


Mr.. Will Holligan of Reliance was in
tbs city yesterday.
Mrs. J. Il. Player of Millican shoppd
in the city Thursday.
.Found-Bunch keys. Call at Eagle
ONCE and pay 25 cents. 2S9-29l
4 ir. ]. II. Smith was a business visi
- from Reliance Thursday.
4 Mr.. Z. u. Peters was a business Wis
jtpr from Harvey Thursday.
eMr. and Mrs. Arch Graham are Wis
ting relatives In Wellborn.
Mr.. Oscar Smoot was visitor from
lola, Grimes county, Thursday.
Ranger Baker Larkin of Mumford
was visitor to the city Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bonds of Ia.
( Dor were shopping in the city Thurs.
day.
Mr.. ]. b. p. Graham OF Harvey was
a business visitor to the city Thurs
day.
Mrs. Joe Holick of Fountain was in
the city on a shopping trip Thurs
day.
Mr.. Edgar Peters OF Reliance was a
business visitor to the city Thursday
morning.
DIR. Ben Reed returned TO Cleburne
yesterday, after visit to relatives in
this city.
Mr.. Cliff Adams was passenger
'on the outbound II. & t. C. yesterday
afternoon.
Ring Vick's Feed Store for all kinds
Of feed stun. Home ground chops are
purer and better. Corn bought, sold
or exchanged for meal. Phone S76 tt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06

Mrs. Welborn reached College last
Sunday, after spending the summer
at Starksville, Miss. With Mrs. Wei
born are Miss Rives and Miss Stiles,
both of Starksville, who will be at
College for some weeks.--Battalion
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06
Notice. Public

II is a violation of the law to drive
across water hose, which has been
done recently. Further violations will
be prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law. Please take notice.
JNO. w. HAMILTON,
Chief of Fire Department.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06
Notice to Hunters.

Notice is hereby given that all my
lands are posted according to law and
hunters and others are warned not TO
trespass thereon. All violators of this
act will be prosecuted TO the full ex-
tent of the law.
293w1t MRS. WM. ANDREWS
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06
NOTICE, MERCHANTS.

From November 1st after date will
not be responsible for accounts
charged to me without my consent.
w. j. ROBERTS.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-06
NOTICE

This is to notify the public that our
premises has been posted according
to law. and all hunting and shooting
thereon is forbidden. Trespassers will
be prosecuted.
Scale C CAPPS.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11
The Idaho Sch11itdr


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- 16 States west of Mississippi River, are repre-
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The Secret of the Success

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welfare of Idaho promotes and encourages her best c
zenshp Every mail brings words of and evil
dences of cooperation from friends who seek the advancement
Of the and principles advocated by The Scmar.
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
INlQUITY OF THE INITIATIVE I
AND REFERENDUM. !
F++++%%%+%+&%%%+% :

Proponents of the Initiative and
Referendum refer to ell opponents as
controlled by the ring" charge
which is not true but which answers
very we'll their purpose. When we
get direct legislation, the man or
newspaper which can most success
fully project a c-tch.phrase and
arouse a mob movement among the
voters is the one that will carry the
day. If, then, one aspires to power
he had better in the meantime get
well practced in shouting ring"
boss" trusts" taxes for these
terms stand for things indefinitely
hated by the unthinking masses. Any
one familiar with town meetings
knows how public Cterest may be-
come centered in a single issue and
all others go by default, and how the
iusidious circulation of a report Of
any sort may stampede the popular
vote. The founders of our govern
ment understood the dangers OF pure
democracy and instituted a demo-
cratic-rcpublcan form Of government.
Because INSCRIPTIONS men are dis
posed to misuse their power it 10
thought by some that the relief lies
in more democracy" that is, in the
Referendum. AS for ourselves, We
fear more from mob government than
from orr nrpSpnt method -EditOrial. &.
Pennington (MeD Chronicle
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Desperation is the one word
which properly describes the at
titude of mind of the forces
which are opposing the admins
tration and seeking to forestall a
continuance of the Roosevelt
policies. This is clearly shown
by the efforts of the anti-admin-
istration forces in the South
where, by means of 'rump" con-
ventions they are seeking to
avert the inevitable, the nomina-
ton of William H. Taft, Big
Bill'', as his admirers call him.
The first concrete evidence OF
this programme occurredin Flor
ida, where a rump convention
elected uninstructed delegates,
after the regular convention has
instructed it's delegates for Taft.
| Winthrop Murray Crane, United
States Senator from Massachus.
etts, directed the work through
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
CHEAPER TO BUY CURRENT.
After Running Its Electric Plant
Seven Years a Michigan City Makes
Contract For Current.

In 1900 Escanaba installed an electric
light plant at cost of $4,000 BY a
contract recently signed the generating
plant will he closed down, Il ten year
contract having been made with u pri-
vate company TO furnish current. As
tee of the city council advised selling
the plant on the ground that it was
losing money. Last June an attempt
was made to bolster up the plant by
having Il special audit. the report of
which showed Il generous profit by the
usual methods Of suppresSing some Of
the large cost factors. When, how
ever, it was found that $4,000 or $780,
600 would have to be spent on renew
ing the plant, vigorous protest was
made by the citizens, one of whom
naively asked why the lights We're so
poor and 50 often out if the plant was
as good as was claimed by some of the
city officials. The city also owns
gas plant, of which the EScanaba Mir
rOr says:
EACeSSlNe IulcS anu an uLSuIlSldC-
tory lighting service being furnished
to consumers of Escanaba by the mu-
nicipal lighting plant have resulted in
Escanaba becoming the Mecca for rep
resentativeS of gaslight manufacture
ing companies, and II majority of the
business places on Ludington street
are now being lighted from private gas
plants installed by the store tenants"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Helena.

Helena.
His victims made him believe
that he was all powerful. His
pride went before his destruc-
tion, his haughtiness of spirit be-
fore his fall.
These men, and many others
which could be named, failed to
develop wisdom equal to their
powers.
In our judgment our Senator
Foraker has been likewise afflict-
ed. For years he had the sway
of republicanism in Ohio-was a
real boss of the party-but his
great prosperity, and probably
his great wealth, turned his head.
He seemed to think that every
thing was possible to him. But
alas! he forgot that people some
times dash their idols to pieces.
That is what happened at Ohio's
late primary. The Senatorial
combine is dashed to pieces, and
Ohio republicans have shown
their antipathy to boss rule.
Senator Foraker tries to COM
fort himself by saying that only
about ten per cent of the republi-
cans went to the primary cleo
ton. The fact is, the state was
almost unanimous for Taft, and
many very many, thought it use
less to vote.
We hope our Senior Senator
will learn wisdom by his chasten.
ing. Let him go with his party
and be exalted again.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
A STORY OF FAILURE.

The History Of Findlay, O., Includes q
ship.
The municipal gas plant was sold In
1899, being In debt at that time for
100000. The plant was originally pur-
chased from a private company for
$4,000, in addition to whHh $4,000
was spent Immediately after the pur-
chase. The total amHnt of debt
amounted at one time to $4,000, this
being reduced from time to time from
the taxes and from the income Of the
plant. In 1899 the natural gas wells
gave out. and the city was confronted
with a situation where it must sell out
or spend Sl50O00 more. for which there
were no available funds, in building
an artificial gas plant. This would
have necessitated Il great advance in
the rates. Rather than TO do this the
city sold the plant to the Citizens Gas
Light and Coke company for $1J0.0OO.
which now obtains gas from a pipe
line 10 miles long and charges exceed
ingly low rates.
When asked regarding the plant, the
former superintendent said:
"When the city owned the plant un-
necessary expenditures were constant
ly being made. while in many cases
necessary improvements were ignored.
The pipe line. some of which was thir-
ty years old or more. was in very bad
shape. A large amount would have
been necessary to put the plant in
shape by the city. 1t was therefore
sold. The company Immediately set to
work to remedy the defects in the old
plant. so that now practically all Of
the pipe lines in the city are new. No
city can own and properly operate a
l
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Medicine That Is Medi'
cine.

Il have suffered a good deal
with malaria and stomach com
plants, but I have now found q
remedy that keeps me we'll, and
that remedy is Electric Bitters
medicine that is medicine fol
stomach and liver troubles, and
for run down conditions, " says
w. C. Kiestler, of Halliday, Ark,
Electric Bitters purify and enrich
the blood, tone up the nerves,
and impart vigor and energy tc
the weak. Your money will be
refunded if it fails to help you
SOC at VIM. Kipp's Sons drug
store.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Marked For Death.

Three years ago | was marked
for death. A graveyard cough
was tearing my lungs to pieces.
Doctors failed to help me, and
hope had fled, when my husband
got DR.. Kings New Discovery"
says Mrs. A. C. Williams, of Bac,
KY. "The first dose helped and
improvement kept on until I had
gained So pounds in weight and
my health was fully restored. "
This medicine holds the worlds
healing record for coughs and
colds and lung and throat diseas-
es. 1t prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at VIM. Kipp's
Sons drug store. SOC and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Purchaser Got Thirty Year Franchise.

The mayor of Shepherdstown, w.
Va, writes as follows; The town cleo
trio plant was sold about two months
ago. 1t was installed in 1901 at cost
of $4,S00 and sold for $3,20O. Reasons
for selling were that no fund was ac
cumulated for depreciation, and the
town could not afford to pay for its
proper superintendent, and almost ev-
cry year there was a change of Off
cials. The rates were too low. The
change has resulted in a meter system;
also the new owners will in time have
water power instead of steam. The
town should have spent more and got
water power no doubt"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Fair Treatment Paws In the ono Ru,

ei aJS |SIiS NN"s
After calling attention to the fact
that many electric companies do not
earn enough to pay dividends the
Municipal Journal and Engineer says
edtorially:
1T is the undoubted duty of all cities
whose streets are lighted by private
companies to obtain the lowest poSsi-
BILE rates for this. but it will certainly
be for the ultimate good of all con-
cerned that their efforts in this direc-
tion be conducted with Il spirit of fair
ness. A majority of the unfortunate
differences which arise between mu-
inequalities and public service corpO-
rations result from Il failure Of the
former to realize the business condi-
tiOns under which the latter must Op-
crate, and such differences are in the
end disadvantageous to the municipal
ity as well as to the private corpora
ton. Publicity of the accounts of
such corporations would do much to
obviate these misunderstanding and
many corporations are realizing this
and welcoming such publicity"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Who Got the Money?

At st. Joseph. Mo-, a serious sensa-
tlon was recently sprung when the
grand jury of the criminal court in
serted a probe into the affairs of the
city electric light plant. 1t is alleged
that dummies" have been carried on
the payroll for the last three years,
and during the past year the city has
thus lost more than $4,000. In one
department where seven men were ac-
tually employed witness before the
grand jury testified that twenty men
had been charged for. - Electrical
World
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
AN INVESTMENT THAT
PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS
NOW.

AS we don't want any of this
seasons goods on hand next fall
to pose as new styles we have
made final reductions on our en-
tire stock of winter apparel TO
FIGURES THATDON'T COVER
THE COST OF CLOTH AND
LABOR. Come this week as this
sale closes Saturday night, Feb
ruary %.
32W1 The PROGRESS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
THE INITIATIVE IN OREGON.

The voters of Oregon are entitled
to consideration, in spite of the fact
that they have brought most of their
troubles upon themselves. In a spirit
of revolt against graft and grafters,
the people have attempted to run
their government at first hand In a
few months they will be confronted
with the first fruits Of their new In
itiative and Referendum scheme, in
the shape OF a ballot containing at
least twenty important and compli.
Gated measures proposed for adoption.
The butcher, the baker the candle
stick maker, will be called upon to
drop their tools long enough to make
cross on the ballot, and thereby en-
act this legislation. One Of the pro-
posed laws deals with Sunday observ-
ance; another makes a new system OF
representation in lawmaking bodies;
another establishes a new and untried
system of taxation; another remodels
the grand jury laws; another provides
lOT lIOlll viz al 2
unsatisfactory; all these and other
proposals being difficult questions re-
quiring delibeTation and discussion.
But there is no time for delibera-
ton on the part OF man working for
his living. He must vote and get
back to work SO the fishers and
choppers and plowmen of Oregon will
take a day next June and try their
hands at lawmaking. 1t will be inter-
esting to note the effect OF laws en-
acted without deliberation and discus
sion How soon will it be before the
voters will use their power CT lnitia-
I've to kill off the laws they are now
asked to enact? What will they do
when they are asked to patch up the
laws, striking out the bad and keeping
the good? How will they manage to
escape confusion and disaster?
One of the notable features Of the
Initiative scheme in Oregon Is the
fact that practically any foolish pro
| posal can be placed before the voters
Of the whole state. The Initiative is
seized upon first, of course, by cranks
who have wild notions of reforming
the world by means of new laws. The
cranks who swarm about Congress
are powerless, and those who infest
state legislatures are nearly so; hui
in Oregon, with the Initiative in full
blast. they flourish like the green bay
tree. They are joined by cunning and
INSCRIPTIONS manipulators, who en-
deavor, by indirection and conceal
ment, to secure legislation that could
not stand an hour OF honest public
discussion And this hodgepodge ot
freakish and crooked Legislation pro
posed by these undesirable classes is
placed before the voter for their off
hand decision! 1t is little wonder
that the Portland Oregonian. bewil
dered but with honest instincts, calls
upon the voters to vote mo" right
down the line in order to be on the
safe side.--Washingtoo Post
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Gettysburg.

Revival services Degln CnlS eV-
ening in our M. E. church, to
continue indefinitely.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Big
Ter, an aged lady and relict of
Moses Bigler, were committed to
the narrow house yesterday in
the Oakland cemetery.
The remains of Mrs. N. G..
Brown, of this village, were CIV
en- burial today in the cemetery
at this place. The deceased was
aged nearly 78 years; the mother
of ten children, five daughters
surviving her. Funeral from our
Presbyterian church, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. M. May.
J. L. Palmer and wife of Piqua
attended divine services here
yesterday, the latter remaining
ov er till today.
Our young people gave an en-
tertainment Saturday evening in
our Armory hall, and from report
rendered it quite creditably and
did quite we'll financially.
The Republicans of our village
and township held a primary ell
ection to select delegates to the
State and Congressional conven-
tions and to voice a preference
for a presidential candidate. The
vote polled was small in compar-
ison with the Republican voters,
but while this is so it was unani-
nous and without a dissenting
voice. EXeunt J. B. Foraker!
And he says it was no surprise tC
him. This is only another evi.
dence, | presume, according tC
j. BIS estimate of the unconsti.
tutionality of the proceeding.
There is such a thing as enough
of anything and there is such 6
thing as too much of some things,
and if | were to say we have haC
too much of j. BIS opposition
and bossism | do not think the
case would be too strongly stat
ed. We have had quite too much
of this attempt to thwart the
wish of the feeling and now
should j. B. be placed on the re
tired list would simply be dealing
out just deserts. Ohio should bt
represented by men who would re
fleet the wishes of the voters. The
people should govern and the
person who stands in the way o.
such rule should be cast aside
without much ceremony. LIE
would-be statesmen read the
handwriting on the wall and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
| Feb II. XOB
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE
50 OF A TRUE INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM.

The fundamental principle upon
which any true Initiative and Referen-
dunn law is based is-Q) when a ma
jority Of all the people, not satisfied
with the work of their representatives
and believing that their rights have
been neglected, shall, at the polls, ex-
press themselves against such work
or measure; or, (2) when majority
Of all the people desire some measure
which the General Assembly has
failed to pass; then vote shall be
taken which, in event majority OF
all the people shall cast their ballots
for or against the proposed measure,
the will Of the people so expressed
shall govern In other words, true
law of this kind will not allow a mi.
nority Of all the people to pass a law
nor permit the Indifference of few
to create a law. All the people are
not interested in all subjects all the
time. And all citiGeAs should be able
to register a negative vote to bill
by refusing to vote. Under the Initia
tive and Referendum amendment as
it passed the Sena,e e, If but sixty per
cent of the voters at a general elec-
ton express themselves on an lnitia-
tive and RI sferendum measure it is a
vote, and majority will carry evel
though it be but thirty per cent of
the State or OF the Municipality. Let
the Majority rule.
This makes good thing dangerous.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

d u l Z "A Ill Z >, representative
from the same state, while the
idea originated with Senator For
aker who has arrived at a point
where he cares nothing for the
success of the Republican party
and, in a blind rage, seeks only
the defeat of Roosevelt and Taft.
The scheme of the anti admin
istration crowd, commonly called
''the allies, is to have a suffic-
iently large number of contesting
delegations at Chicago so that by
seating the majority of them the
delegations instructed for Taft
can be outvoted. 1t was pointed
out by one anti-administration
member of the National Commit
tee that if this programme was
carried too far it would result in
too severe criticism of the Ma
tional Committee; whereupon
Mr.. Foraker proposed to get up
contesting delegations from Ohio
with himself and Senator Dick
as delegates-at-large. Then, he
explained, the National Commit
tee could consider the Ohio cases
first, could throw them out and
seat the Taft delegations, and Sc
demonstrate it's absolute fair
ness" to the country! After that,
it could throw out as many Taft
delegations from the South as it
pleased without fear of criticism.
Of course all this programme de-
pends on tn e anti-Roosevelt
crowds controlling the National
Committee. Whether they can
or not remains to be seen.
"Who is the anti-administra.
iton candidate now?" is a ques.
ton which one hears daily ir
Washington. 1t is not always
easy to answer but that is moi
the case this week. After trying
and rejecting Cortelyou, Knox
Fairbanks and Hughes, the allies
have gone back to Speaker Can.
non. ''Uncle Joe, as they cal
him, is an out and out stand
patter" and they believe that he
can be groomed in such a way as
to attract the united support Of
the supreme protectionists anC
the protected interests. More
over, Mr.. Cannon has been op
posed to most of the labor legis.
lation that has been proposed anc
this endears him to a great many
interests which regard with alb
horrence any curtailment of theil
power to deal with labor as they
see fit.