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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
WHY?

Is one always chilled to the mar
row?
Is an explorer always intrepid?
Is swoop always fell swoop?
Is statesman always eminent?
Is a newspaper man always a
well known newspaper man?
Is bargain always extra
special?
Is drapery always clinging?
Is sweetness always cloying?
Is ruffian always burly?
Is one always within an inch OF
death? Why not two inches?
And why, why, why, is a conclu-
sion always foregone?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
BULLET HITS HIS SPINE

A post norton examination of
the remains of Frank Hogan, the
holdup suspect whose pal shot him
last Sunday night, was held at the
morgue last night by Emergency
Physicians Eikenbary and Roark.
The bullet was found lodged
against the spinal cord, having
passed through one edge OF the
spleen. The bullet had carried
bits Of cloth clear into the spinal
cord, and 1t was this cloth which
caused peritonitis and death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
Advises Death for LncurabIe Lunatic, But
the LalU Forbids

taken from his place of transporta-
ton today in Lawton. He had en-
tered the car at Ault, Col, while it
was being loaded, to sleep over
night, and before he awoke the car
was sealed and in motion Garrett
was almost physical wreck when
released from his temporary impIis-
Onment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
NORTHERN PACIFIC
LAYS OFF CREWS

Sixteen engineers and 80 firemen
were laid off by the Northern Pa
cific railway yesterday. The crews
are laid off until business picks up,
it is stated. No explanation is CIV
en- for the action of the road ex-
cept lack of business. 1t is not be-
lieved they will be out of employ
ment for any great length of time
as with the coming of spring a gen.
eral resumption of traffic on the
local railroads Is expected.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
MAYOR IN HARD LUCK

2 SOUTH NORWALK. Conn, Jan.
25.-Dr. F. |. Burnell, the new may
or was unable to read his mes
sage to the council because the
family pets had destroyed it. The
dog tore the message and Me-
thusala, a pet parrot, ate the
pieces.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
PLAYED FOOTBALL
WITH Dynamite

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-A pack
age Of dynamite large enough to
blow up the neighborhood was
found on the sidewalk on Amster-
dam av. One half the pedestrians
passing that way gave the package
a kick. One more curious than the
others picked the package up and
unwrapped it, then gave it to a
policeman and ran
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
ROYAL ARCANUM FUNERAL
NOTICE

Members of Spokane council No.
1879, Royal Arcanum, are hereby
summoned to appear at the coun-
Gil hall, in Pacific halls, S17H Riv-
erside av., Sunday at l o'clock p.
m, sharp. to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. E. M. Flood, wife of Regent
Flood and member of Spokane
court No. Is Royal Ladies.
H. ROSENZWEIG, V. r..
T. V. COOVER, Secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
special Correspondence to The Press

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 90
What to do with Wallace Lawrence,
81, incurably insane, inclined to
homicide, and suffering from an in
fectious skin disease which refuses
to yield to treatment, is puzzling
the city officials.
Kill him." advises Justice Eben
c. Poole, who adjudged him insane
six months ago. Put him out of
his misery. 1t would be the hui
name solution. He has nothing to
live for, is a burden to his family, a
public menace, an expense to the
state"
Justice Poole is known as the Gin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
THREW POISON TO BABES

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-
Flora Cohelli and Angelina Arieta.
each -four years old are at the point
of death from eating bread satur-
ated with arsenic which they found
in the yard. The police are inves-
tlgating.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
LIVED NINE DAYS ON RAW
POTATOES

LAYTON. Okla, Jan. 24.-Lock.
ed in o refrigerator car for nine
days and nights with nothing for
sustenance except Irish potatoes,
Thomas ID. Garrett, from lumber.
ing camp near Boise, Idaha was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
WIFE CHEWS TOBACCO
WANTS DIVORCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.--
William Mccormick has sued his
wife for divorce on the ground that
she consumes rope after rope. Of
twisted semi-plug tobacco chat
made Virginia famous.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
CHECK RAISERS BUSY
on Certificates

HOQUIAM, Wash, Jan. 25.-Lo-
cal banks are having trouble with
raised clearing house certificates.
Two dollar and SIS certificates have
been raised to So Business men
have been asked to carefully exam
inc certificates before accepting
them
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25

wonders. These were:
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
The Hanging Gardens at Babylon
The Colossus at Rhodes.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Pyramids of Egypt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25
MAIN
1863

We wish to warn the public
against these persons who pretend
to represent us, as they have no
authority to represent us in any
way.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-25

The Walls of Babylon.
The Temple CT Artemus at Ephe'
SuS.
OF these ancient wonders all that
remains are the pyramids and the
ruins of the walls of Babylon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
MAY BE HOT TINES IN GEORGIA

Republican correspondents
the
Georgia electoral
this B Taft will be accorded the honor
breaking Solid capturing
much prove
Bryan majority overwhelming say
Republican small by comparison but still good hethfu safe
majority.
easily recognizable Georgia quickly
Republican really
fashioned
o
undoubtedly
supported Palmer and Buener the Nebraan his first
poed
his home This nimated that he
leave 0
year.
the desire
there will
November
be induced visit the make speeches Taft is
he
he o
he
politically
than
been Republican candidate
kindly it.
1t would
in
shirt supremacy
ush
three-Bryan
Watson-whooping things
But afraid
City
all day
heart is
anchored Democracy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
Roosevelt Ektraraeanee
New York World

i
Official figures compiled by the
| clerks of the House and Senate Com
mittees on Appropriations show that
| expenditures aggregating S1,00S, 397,-
| 543.56 were authorized at the last
session of Congress. These are the
| heaviest appropriations ever made in
time of peace.
When the country was astonished
| at the spectacle of Billion Dollar
Congress Speaker Reed could offer
no excuse except a plea that this lad
| become a Billion Dollar Country. But
| under the Roosevelt regime we have
| attained the Two Billion Dollar Con-
| gress, which appropriates a thousand
millions at each annual session. The
appropriations during the last four
years of Rooseveltism have mounted
up to S3.42S, 000,0 600 or S33, 800 geo
more than during four years of CIVIL
war.
In a recent statement to the Wofld,
| Representative James A. Tawney, Re
publican Chairman of the House
| committee on Appropriations, assert
| ed that almost IS per cent of the
| Governments revenues, exclusive. of
postal receipts, is today being spent
to meet the cost of wars past and an
ticipated.n In an article prepared for
the anniversary number of the World
| Senator Allison, the venerable Re
publican Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, showed that since
1883 there had come an annual an
| crease of S51 ,000,0 600 in expenditures
| for the army, an annual Increase OF
SS4. 600 600 for the navy and an an
nual increase of $30000,000 for pen
sions These three items alone rep
resent total of 1881 10000 in the
appropriations authorized at the re-
cent session of Congress.
This is an annual tax of more than
$3.50 on every man, woman and
child in the United States for army,
navy and pensions alone 1t repre-
sents an average of $22.50 for each
family. or more than half the aver
| age months earnings of the American
| laborer in the period of highest pros
| perity
Mr.. Roosevelt has been President
| of the United States for nearly seven
years Who can recall a single bill
that he ever vetoed on the ground of
| eXtravag ance? Who can remember a
single instance in which he firmly
| protested against the unnecessary ex-
| penditure of public money? Who can
recall uncompromising position in
/ support of public economy?
| This has been the most reckless,
/ spendthrift Administration ever
| known in time of peace, and while the
| Democratic platform properly de-
| nounces needless waste of the peo-
| pies money, the declaration is Tess
| aggressive than the facts demand
| There never was a better time for
| the Democratic party to raise AIr.
| Tilden's most effective issue of RE
/ trenchment and Reform.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
The Convict Lease
Savannah Evening Press)


The Investigation of the convict
lease in Georgia will probably bring
out very little that the people did not
know. They realize, this system is
susceptible to abuses, but they also
realize that prisoners dealt with are
not normal persons and cannot be
managed by moral suasion or pamp-
cred by feather-beds.
Some of the Georgia papers are
stirred up over the reported outrages
and cruel treatment which come from
different parts of the state.
The Waycross Herald says:
There seems little doubt now
but that the Georgia convict lease
system will be done away with The
Atlanta Georgian, however is very
much OVERRIDING things in its sensa-
tionaf charges. There may be some
acknowledgements and cruelty, but
nothing like the Georgian states"
The Valdosta Times thinks that
some of the charges trumped up are
sensational. These charges against
the prison commission, 1essees, and
everybody Connected with the business,
seem TO the Times to be unjust and
damaging to the state. Convict camps
where one might wish to spend a
vacation. Georgia's good name is
worth as much as the correction of
these irregularities. The publication
of exaggerations will not help mat
ters. The Times continues:
THE convict lease question has
been a bone of contention in Geor-
git for many years The treatment
of criminals everywhere has been a
hard problem to handle, and where
ever there are more or less rumors
of cruelty, scandal, etc. Sometimes
there are grounds for these COM
plants and sometimes there are not.
I'VE believe there is room for
complaint in Georgia. And we
also believe there is enough intelli-
gence, manhood and honesty to
meet the question as it should be
met. and to solve it without making
it worse than it is. There are too
many mountains made of mole hills
these days, anyhow. Too much
straining at gnats and swallowing
camels."
The MeIdrim Guidon comes to the
| defense of the personnel. of the prison
commission in a very vigorous style.
| The Guidon thinks that there is a
good deal of hot air in all these char
| ges. The convict should not be an
immune from punishment and he
| ought not to be q burden to the
state. The Guidon believes that the
/ lease system, with proper safeguards,
/ is better than the woodworking sys-
/ tenn. The Guidon concludes
I'VE had the famous cartoon in the
| CoIauitt-Norwood election. We had
/ il again when the present law was
/ enacted and we have it now. The
moral is. quietly look into the matter
/ as we should into any other business
/ proposition. ascertain what is best
| for the state and the convict and
/ then adopt that course. 1t should
not be forgotten that the state has
rights as we'll as the convict.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
RECENT CONTEMPTIBLE SLAND.
Frs.

The Macon News refers TO the wild
and woolly stories" that are being
sent out from Atlanta, and the al
legged plots TO turn the state over to
Watson or Taft.
One would probably not have TO
go much further than the Atlanta
Journal Office to discover the origi-
nator of all of these wonderful can
ards. nor to discover the real ami
mus OF them
The sole.intent and purpose of these
stories, it appears to us, is TO place
the supporters of Mr.. Brown in a
false position before the state and
iniure the standing of Mr.. Brown be-
fore the people
The Journal began the business by
sending a reporter TO Brown to ask
him for whom he intended to vote
for President, Bryan or Watson. Il
was a gratuitous insult. meant as
such. and was done with the pur-
pose. if possible. of creating friction
between Brown and Watson. who sup
ported him in the last race in an
indirect way.
The animus of the thing was APP
parent Mr.. Brown would have done
the proper thing if he had ignored
the contemplate effort He merely
directed attention TO the fact that
he had voted for Bryan twice and
Parker once in the past. as indicative
of what might be expected in the
future. The Journal endeavored to
make a sensation OF the affair. but it
fell fat. as such pitiful schemes gen
orally do.
Then came the reports that the
electors selected by the recent con-
vention would vote for Watson. after
being elected on a Democratic ticket.
This was another malicious uHder-
handed attack on the party that sup
ported Brown and made him the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
When the electors gave this the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

Honest Bob" Williams, a black
smith, is running for Governor OF
Texas, and making it close race
for the present incumbent This
reminds the Atlanta Constitution that
the first democrat to serve as COVER
nor of Georgia, after the overthrow
of the reconstruction regime, began
life as a blacksmith. Governor James
Milton Smith, who came into Office
after Bullock and Conley, worked at
the forge in his early manhood. While
working as a blacksmith at Cullen
den he read law and was admitted
20 the bar beginning the practice OF
his profession later at Thomaston.
For a long time the people of Cul-
lenden pointed out the old black
smith shop where Governor Smith
used to hammer and also studied
Blackstone.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
Rich Without Money
Success AIagazine.)

If one is too large to be measured
by the dollar mark. or to be encaos-
ed in his estate if the wealth of his
personality has overlooked until all
his neighbors feel richer for his life
and example: if every foot of land in
his community is worth more because
he lives therethen. the loss of his
property can not materially shrink
his inventory
If YOU have learned to be eich
without money; If you have, by the
cultivation of your mental powers,
gathered to yourself a treasure OF
indestructible wealth, it, like the bee
YOU have learned the secret Of eX-
tracing honey from the thistle as
we'll as from the rose, you viii look
upon your losses as mere incidents.
not so very important TO the larger
and fuller life.
1t gives a sense of immense salts
faction to think that there is some
thing within us greater than the
wealth we acquire or our material
pursuits: that there is something
about US better than our career; bet
ter than Iiving-getting. money+get-
ting that there is something which
will survive the fire, the food, or the
tornado which sweeps away our pro
perty, which will survive destruction,
ealumny; something that will out
, last even the dissolution of the body
itself That is, nobility of character,
the sweetness and light which nave
helped people. which have made the
world a little better place to live. in.
There is something within us which
protests against having our most
precious possessions at the mercy of
accident or uncertainty We have an
innate assurance that. no matter what
happens, nothing can possibly injure
our real selves or destroy our great
est riches, our grandest possessions
There is a still voice within us
which tells US, that the true life is
beyond the reach of anything that can
harm it or rob it of one iota Of its
substance
This feeling of serenity, this as
surance of stability and of possessing
that which no power can shake. gives
a satisfaction beyond all words to
express, imparting to life its true
dignity and grandeur.
Does it not seem strange that men
will put all their ability. their en-
ergy for lifetime. into piling UP the
wealth which may be destroyed in an
| hour. while they make almost no eff
fort to accumulate the wealth of
character, the riches of a large, dom
plete manhood. of unselflsh service
of culture. riches which survive ali
disaster. which no FIRE can touchs no
earthquake destroy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

The announcement is made that
Tom Watson vii speak in Savannah
in the latter part Of the month. He
VIII be greeted by a great audience,
despite the hot weather. and his
speech VIII Be more than punetuat-
ed With applause. even though the
telling blows are aimed Al the Demo
cratic party Tom Is : great speaker.
the people OF Savannah always did
lore 3 speaker who could strike ef-
feclive licks. and while Watson viii
probably not gather many votes as a
result Of his effort he VIII have the
pleasure Of knowing thar he aroused
q passing enthusiasm and entertained
great crowd Of voters It has been
almost twenty years since Tom Wat
son made his initial appearance in
Savannah. He was then Demoera-
tic congressman. we believe. and he
made capital talk He caught the
crowd that filed the Masonic Hall
from the opening Of his remarks and
he held them without trouble until he
saw 1T to stop. The people never
seem TO weary OF hearing him. wheth-
er il be a political hsrangue or de-
tense of the South that occupies his
time
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
An Enthusiastic Campaign
Savannah Morning News


The Prohibitionists are not going
to simply wait for voters to come 10
their party They are going after
them. 1t is announced that 5fr. Eu-
gene w. Chain, their nominee for
President, and Mr.. Aaron S. Wat
kins. their candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. are going to make addresses
in every state. Each of them may
not be able to speak in every one Of
the states. but states missed by one
of them will be reached by the other
They are eloquent speakers. and
they will create an interest in the
prohibition cause greater than has
been felt since prohibition has both
cred the liquor men.
And it isn't improbable that the
Prohibitionists will have a very de-
cided influence on the result of the
presidential campaign. They polled
$50. 600 votes four years ago and
there are estimates that they Will
poll as many as 900, 600 this year. An
interesting question is, from which
party will the greater part of these
voters be drawn? The understanding
seems TO be that they viii come from
the Republican party In that event
the Republicans will have TO hustle to
avoid losing some of the doubtful
states in the Middle West No doubt
many prohibitionists here in the South
would like TO vote the Prohibition
ticket. but the Southern Democrats
don't desert their party so readily as
do the Democrats and Republicans in
the East and North. Besides. it isn't
a matter of much consequence ii a
few Democrats vote the Prohibition
ticket here in the South. as there viii
be enough Democrats left 10 insure the
election of Democratic electors in ev-
cry Southern state
The Republican party has the
more cause for uneasiness. The fight
for the presidency is going to be
made In the Middle West and ii is
there that the Republicans furnish
the greater number of Prohibition
votes. With labor and Prohibiuonists
both against him Mr.. Taft viii find il
uphill work capturing electoral votes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

lie efforts were made to have it ap-
pear that many Brown men would
support Watson or Taft directly.
The whole thing looks to us as
though it had originated in the same
fertile brains that concocted so many
mean ISLANDERS during the recent
campaign The whole business is in
keeping with the course of the Jour-
nal during the campaign.
Fortunately the people OF Georgia
know the Journal by its past pcliti-
cal acts. They were pretty thorough
" disguised with its course during
the recent state contest and their
feelings are not being changed very
much by recent developments.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

The bill TO make a special State
military force out of veterans of the
Spanish American war. and those who
have served a full enlisted term in
the present State force under the
provision OF the Dick bill, is opposed
by the Atlanta Constitution. II thinks
one military force in Georgia Is
enough. Such a measure as that
proposed by Senator Stephens. Of
Savannah. it holds would speedily dis
rupt the existing organization. As
a well known Americus lawyer re-
marked The other day. Savannah is
3 little kingdom TO itself II wants
even its own private military organi-
cation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
The Planters Bank Of Americas

Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
of it-how best to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in careful, conservative
way-giYing you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance-bl>t can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgia's
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23
THE REAL TEST
OF Herpicide Is In Giving 1t Thor.
ouch Trial.

There is only one test by which to
judge OF the efficiency OF any aEticle
and that is by its ability to do that
which it is intended TO DO. Many hair
vfgcrs may look nice and smell nice
but the point is-do they eradicate Dan
drum and stop falling hair?
NO they do not. but Herpiciie does,
because it gees to the root OF the evil
and kills the germ that attacks the
papilIa from whence the hair gets its
life.
Letters from prominent people every
where are daily proving that Newbro,s
IIezpicide stands the test CT use.'8
Tt IS q delightful dressing. clear, pure
and free from oil or grease.
Sold by leading druggists Send 1ee IL
stamps for sample 70 The Herpicids Co.
DetTolt Mich.
Two sizes soc and s1o0.
Davenport Drug Co. Special Agents
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

The Atlanta Journal is iubilant
because the people Of the South ~as
whole are reaping a return of TWEEN
ty-fve per cent annually on their
wealth" This does not include stock
holedrs in railroads, The Journal
agreed with Smith that FIVE per cent.
per annum. now and then. is enough
for such folks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

The Census Bureau has worked out
the fact that $4,000 gross of
pins were turned out last year. 1t
should now turn the gigantic intel
lects of its special Investigators ON
the problem What becomes of the
pins"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

I'VE must become politically I'M
certain in this section before we be-
come politically important" says Tom
Watson. But before we can become
politically uncertain the negro ques-
tons must be obliterated entirely.
The truth OF the matter is, the white
man OF the south is in state Of
political bondage, from which it seems
no avenue of escape is open.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

IT would be little short of crime
TO close the district agricultural
schools The State viii be recreant
TO its duty if it fails 10 make proper
provision for them. It led the people
10 build them with the promise of
seaport and it SHOULD toe the mark,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-23

Punish those who have been guilty
of mistreatment of convicts and pun
ish them severely. but don't punish
the people outside Of the penitentiary
by loading any burdens on them that
can be avoided. Put the spurs TO the
guilty. regardless as 10 whom they
are. but don't draw blood from the
innocent as well.