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Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27

sidered model for it has been abso- lutely free from all personalities. No attempts have been made by either party to align class against class, the individual against the corporation or man against man. It has been plat form against platform and issue against issue. As result there have been no antagonisms aroused, no class hatred engendered, no animosities created. We are all just as good friends, equally as good neighbors and probably better citizens than we were before election. Such is the ideal condition, the one which shows our worthiness for self-government, and increases the self-esteem of each and every citizen in the community The election has brought to Douglas nothing which can prove a set back to her progress and will tend to bring each member of the municipality in closer touch with his neighbor ready willing, nay most anxious, to do ev' erything in his power to bring about larger, better, stronger, more pros, porous Douglas than we have yet had, one and all united for our common veal.
 ''We have passed through the panic undisturbed, we, are conscious of our strength and in that strength and consciousness we are ready to meet all obstacles, united in the upbuilding of Douglas"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
The Lost Hat.

Jackson went into his faYorite bar Der shop and was shaved. When the Senegambian offered him a hat pre- sumed to be Jackson's, that gentle man refused it.
 Tt isn't my hat" he advised, way ing it back.
 The porter looked about carefully and the head barber joined the hunt. It was useless. Each hat on the rack had claimant, except the one Jack son refused. Finally the barber said:
 q am very sorry, Mir. Jackson, but if you will wear this hat home and drop in in the morning, perhaps the gentleman who has exchanged hats with you will have returned your headgear by that time. If he hasn't, will buy you another hat"
 But I don't want to wear this hat" expostuIated Jackson. My hat was new and clean, while this one is old and may have been worn by a man with the smallpox for all I know"
 Then the head barber, still apolo- gizing, went to the back room and made the hatband antiseptic. At least he said he had, and Jackson wore the hat to the nearest hat store, where he purchased a new one.
 Want this hat?" asked the clerk.
 "I should say not" replied Jackson, positively.
 Upon arriving home, the first person Jackson met was his son.
 Say, dad" said that young man, you wore my hat this morning. Where is it?''
 Wore your hat?" bIankly.
 Sure; yours is out on the hall. tree"
 Well, I'll be durned!" softly, sotto- voce. Here's s3. Go buy another" :" and son did, but he wondered why pa shelled out SO readily.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
THE RESULT.

The International-America com menting editorially on the election at Douglas on Monday, says:
 Yesterdays election which resulted in the choice of every candidate on the democratic ticket with the excep- ton of one alderman was only what had been and should have been ex- pected. A two years administration by the democratic party had made Douglas one of the most progressive, most up-to-date and best governed of cities with the lowest tax rate of any city in the territory. It was only natural to expect the people to de sire a continuance of such conditions and to express their desire at the polls by continuing in power the par ty which had done so much to bring about such a desirable state of af- fairs.
 There were other reasons which lead to the expectation of such a re suit for Douglas is a democratic city, normally, and this year the par ty presented an almost united front, past differences being virtually for gotten. Then, too, this is a democrat ic year the country over, as we be- lieFe will be shown at the polls in November. Under those circum- stances it Is not strange that even so strong a ticket as was nominated against the democracy should be doomed to defeat. The people were satisfied with what had been given them in the past, they were promised by the Douglas democracy a contin- uance of the same conditions, of the same progressive government and they expressed their desire for it strongly and forcibIy.
 But such an expression is no re fection on any of the defeated candi- dates, each and every one of whom was a faithful and loyal citizen, who would doubtless have made an eff cient public servant The people sim ply declared for a continuance of the same policies conducted by the same party under which they have been living and which have proved so emi. nently satisfactory for the past two years; perhaps another ticket would have given it to them, but they did not know. They were naturally dem ocrats and SO the democratic ticket nominated on a democratic platform could not but appeal to them and win their support.
 "The campaign cannot but be con
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
cocHIsE REMAINS
 DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD.

The results of the city elections held in Bisbee and Douglas plainly marks the political handwriting on the wall for the fall election when a new set of county officials and a dele, gate to congress will be voted for. So far as Cochise county is concerned it is made certain by the municipal cleo tions that democratic majorities will be larger than ever before.
 The democrats have been responsi ble for all government in this county in the past county and municipal and the continued growing strength of the party is the best evidence that the past administrations of democrat ic officials have been quite satisfac tory.
 Let us hope that future government will be as efficient as that of the past. After all, there should be nc other reason for political action than the patriotic one of providing the very best possible for the people. ..
 We believe ill politics and we be ieve it is necessary to have two par ties, a minority party as a check on the majority. In Cochise county the democratic party has ever been the dominant one and so long as that party provides efficient government it is likely to remain in control.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27

of s1OO.OOo checks and the expenses of @acceleration" reduced to a min imum.
 Some complications might arise in the matter of the operators unload ing his own securities on himself as corporation. But more advantages than obstacles are revealed in the first view of system which is still only in ts infancy and contains great possibltes of development.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27

"Ten to one you never saw a pes simist who wasn't troubled with in digestion" says an exchange And usually that's the reason he is a pes simist
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27

Have you heard our town quartetr An, the Ladies Home Quartet? They are silver tongued and fair, Velvet toned and debonair! You should hear them sing. "Oh Roll!" "Suanee River, Hope my
 S-O-U-Lw You should feel your pulses stirred By their "Fly-O as a B--i-r-d!!IP' An, the Ladies Home Quartet. It's the mustard, you just bet! Have you heard the town quartetf An, the Ladies Home Quartet? Mrs. Frost was schooled in Frawncs Where she learned to sing and dawnce. Mrs. Jones from Boston drew All the "culchu" that it knewI Milan taught Miss High to sing 70 my love, my I-o-v-esi it-a-R-E
 w-I-N-Gin!i" stE Ah, the Ladies Home Quartet, 1t has Patti going yeti Have you heard the town quartetH An, the Ladies Home Quartet7 There's the mayors girl, Mae Knapp She has Nielsen off the map! When she starts to mount the stair She sings higher than her hair: Here Alone I wait for THEEi WAIT for THEE!!! I W--A-I-TT-
 TIT for TTTT-HHHHH-EE
 EE!!!!v" An, the Ladies Home Quartet, can hear them singing yet! Have you heard our town quartetf An, the Ladies Home Quartet? At the sociables they sing:
 Let the merry welkin ring" While the home folks ali declare They would rather hear them there Than to hear Caruso shout
 Til he burst his thorax outl An, the Ladies Home Quartet, It's the mustard, you just bet! Have you heard our town Quartet7 Ah, the Ladies Home Quartet? Nordica and Melba, too,
 They are small ''pertates"-and few, When our women Jordan RRRRRR-
 RR-OOO-LLLLLLL,"
 When they sing 'H-o-p-A. HHH-
 OOO-PPP-EEE my SSSS-cooO- UCUU-LLLLLLLL" Or when, every echo stirred, They are singing, "FFFF-l-y O.!
 BBB-IIII-RRRR-DD An, the Ladies Home Quartet, can hear them singing yet!
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
Pipes.

The finest thing about a woman is her refusal to believe something about her husband that she knows is true.
 A mans hair begins to get thin on the top of his head abou. the time his oldest daughter builds hers up there for the first time.
 I suppose the lion and the lamb lay down together because the lamb was tco blamed scared to stand up.
 A sisters little brother is death on the beaux who are not liberal with candy money.
 There is one nice thing about lov- Ing a bull-dog-he never cares wheth- CT you have clas- shaze -
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
TO KEEP SUPPLY OF STOCKS.
No Problem at All for Those skllIfuI
 with the Needle.

With the tailored waists and skirts which now are fashionable comes 8 demand for all kinds of stocks. Their attractiveness depends so much on their freshness that a generous sup ply is needed. If one is handy with the needle a great many of these pretty trifes may be made for little expense.
 One chic stock is made of linen. The collar is made of double material and there are two shaped pieces of single linen embroidered. These
 1ieces are the width of the collar in back and taper to the front, where they are an inch wide They lap in the front and button. One piece is set in the end of the collar, between the two pieces of linen. The other piece is finished neatly and is fastened to the top and bottom of, the other end of the collar. This leaves long opening like a large buttonhole. The first end passes through this. The tab end is made of two shaped strips of linen, single pieces, and is joined by embroidery. This tab end is sep arate and slips between the collar and the buttoned ends.
 Any simple design may be embroid- cred on the ends of the tab on one side, and the other end on the oppo- site side. so-that when lapped over the embroidery on both ends of the tab will be right side out
 Lovely stocks can be made from pieces of mans worn-out white vest.
 A Wisconsin man has a wife of the name of Luxury. The pug dog lies in the lap of Luxury most of the time. H q I
 When a man who should be on the water wagon tries to ride an automo- bile, his friends begin to ask how much money he left.
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 "Ten to one you never saw pes simist who wasn't troubled with in- ] digestion" says an exchange And usually that's the reason he is a pes simist
 The American Medicine magazine 1 says marriage is conducive to good health. I suppose 1t is because mar ried folks get more exercise. At any rate, married man certainly does have to go some these days. q q q
 The following hint appeared in an Arizona newspaper recently: "Jay Freburg of Crooked Creek was in this city yesterday and left town last night without subscribing for this newspa- per. Call again, Jay" r q q q
 have about made up my mind to | take my summer vacation next spring during housekeeping time and I am
 making arrangements to ask a few nice married men to accompany me ! on a fishing trip. If you are married 1 and think that your system will be all
 run down about this time, write for
 particulars. | R.r.cMs,eee
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
NOTICE.

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 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
FINANCIER UPON
 BANK STATEMENT

New York, July 1.-The Financier will
 say:
 The statement of the New York Asso-
 ciated banks for the week ending July Il showed an increase of $7,655,100 cash,
 and a gain of $2,47s,575 in reserve to $50,- O63 1925. The statement of averages, how
 ever, indicated a loss of S5,6S4,70o and
 decrease of $7,642050 in reserve to $47,-
 053, ,250 thus the report of actual condi-
 tions reflected recovery by the end of
 the week in these items as compared
 with those reported in the average. The
 most striking feature of the statement
 was an actual reduction of $6,294,7O0 in
 public deposits, the result of surrenders of such funds in anticipation of the ma- turity on July 15 of the treasury call for such surrender. Another important fea- ture was a reduction of S6,94s, 400 cash, which was drawn from the banks by the trust companies in order to comply with the requirement of the state law
 which made necessary augmentation by July 1 of their cash reserve in vaults to 10 per cent of their deposits. The above noted reductions in cash, through compliance Dy tne IruSt companies Wltu | cash reserve requirements will largely account for the decrease in cash shown l by the averages above; the gaiE in this | cash items, as indicated by actual condi- | tions, was probably due to receipts from | the interior, which were nearly large l enough to offset the transfer of cash to l trust companies; such receipts and direct | transfer of interior bank balances with | their correspondents, preparatory to sur | render this week of public deposits for account of these country Repositories,
 most likely offset the surrenders above l noted to six and one-quarter millions | of government funds through the local banks. Bank loans increased $15,913 400, l while deposits were augmented $20,706,1 100, | adding to loans the gain in cash caused 1 the statement to show a good proof. l The percentage of reserve to deposits
 indicated by the actual conditions of the
 banks was 2S97; such percentage of state banks was 32.06 and the cash reserve in
 vaults of the trust companies was 9.58
 or within O.44 of the statutory require ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. with a matinee Tuesday,
"Ten Nights In a Barroom."

The offering by the Baldwin Melville company for the last half of the week, beginning with matinee Thursday aft ernoon and ending with the performance Saturday night, will be "Ten Nights in a Barroom," the temperance classic. The play is a remarkable melodrama, and has been seen by many thousands of theatre goers. In spite of the fact that it has been acted hundreds of times. the play is still one of the strongest drawing cards known to the field of popular-priced amusements. Even in the larger cities it rever fails to break the records, and is played before crowded houses at every performance The story teaches a strong moral lesson in a most impressive way, and the central characters are vividly drawn. "Ten Nights in a Barroom' will be played at the Bijou Thursday after noon, Thursday Friday and Saturday nights. There will be a matinee Saturday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
BUSINESS MEN WANT AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
By H. w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, July n.-(Special.) "A num- Der of Alabama business men who are in- terested in the progress of the schools and who have lent their support in what ever way possible to the advancement of educational interests in the common wealth, are now discussing a movement for Conference for Education in Ala bama,' to be held in Montgomery some time next spring.
 The idea, though not well worked out so far looks to the assembling of bus mess and professional men other than teachers, with a view to extending the interest in schools so that all classes will feel a personal obligation to not only support them financially. but to see to 1t that the best results are obtained from this support.
 Alabama has been specially fortunate during the past two or three years in the matter of school enthusiasm out of which has grown very generous appropriations from the public treasury. To get the maximum of good out of these approprla- tons it is now found to be necessary for all classes of school patrons to personally interest themselves in the details of school administration and progress. It has al- ways been found that where citizens gather for discussion of public questions of this kind, movements are enterprised out of which the subjects in hand are brought to their highest and best develop ment.
 Want Cooperation. It Is proposed to assemble 300 or 400 men who are now interested, or may become so, in making the Alabama school sys- tem the, xost perfect and efficient in the south. Outside influences have been at work for several years in whatever way possible to aid the schools of the south, and it is now thought that the time has come for the citizens of the states to fos ter and encourage all lines of modern development themselves, in this way making it possible for the active particl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
"TheIma."

For the first half of the closing week the Baldwin Melville company will pre- sent "Thelma,' . dramatization made from Marie Corellis novel of the same name. The play will be heavily mounted.
 There will be some striking scenes de- picting the localities In Norway. the Land of the Midnight Sun" The story of the play is most interesting. It be- gins in Norway and is afterwards carried to England, where the tragic element creeps In and Thelma has her tribula- tions The central figure is a beautiful Norwegian girl who is a drea mer of dreams. She is wooed and wed by A young English nobleman, and the trans- planting of the flower of the north to the soil of England proves disastrous.
 The ending is, however, happy one. The play sticks close to the main facts in the book. The action is at all times absorb- ing. The dramatic possibilities of sucb a piece are evident to any one who has ever read Miss Corelli's famous novel.
 ''Thelma' will be presented Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12

the other movement The following ladies of the city have signified their ia- tention to take the initiative to perfect the organizations Mrs. J. G. Guice, Mrs. J. F. Foy, Mrs. C. Mi Thompson Mrs. c. A. Locke Mrs. c. S. McDowel, Mrs. H. M. Weeden, Mrs J. L. Ross, Mrs. J. NJ Edmonson, Mrs. G. H. Dent, Mrs. w S. Britt, Mrs. H. c. Policeman, Mrs. c. G. Caldwell. Mrs. N. Scheuer, Mrs H Lampley, Mrs. J. Oppenheimer, Mrs. S. G. Robinson, Mrs. J. H. Whitlock, Mrs A.. P Brown, Miss Ida Pruden and Miss Teresa Miller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
Wants Larger Corn Yield.

Huntsville, July 11.-(Special.)-If the farmers of the south will bring their yield of corn up to the average of 26 bushels per acre in the United States they will add half billion dol lars to the revenue of the south every year. This is the estimate of N. Y. Thompson, editor of the Chattanooga Tradesman, who is on a visit here. MT. Thompson is inaugurating a campaign for the better cultivation of corn lands in the south, and he proposes to ap- peal to all southern editors to impress the idea upon their readers. MT. Thompson estimates that the value of last years corn crop in the south was a little over half billion dollars. and statistics show that the yield per acre in the south was only 13 bushels. Tn corn crop can be doubled easily while the acreage remains the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
TRI-couNTY CONFERENCE.
Masons of coosa, EImore and Chiffon
 to Meet.

Goodwater July Especial. )-The Masons of Goodwater and vicinity are ex- Iecting a pleasant time next week. the occasion being the assembling of the Coosa- a-Elmore-Chilton masonic conference, July 16 r, IS. The conference will be conducted by Grand Lecturer A. M. Scott. The attendance will doubtless be large as the conference has quite a reputation on account of the interesting meetings The officers are: J. A. Penton, Goodwater, W. NJ; J. A. Howle, Clectlc, s. w; J. R. Mullins, Clanton, J. w.; George W. Me. Elhiney. Goodwater, Sec; A. K. Whet- stone, Titus. s. D.; E. A. Matthews, Clan ton, J. D.; w. l. Rayfeld, Weogufka, S S.; A. D. Bentley. Rockford, J. s.; A. M. Stewart, Goodwater, tiler. On Saturday July IS, there will be a public meeting addressed by Hinds Peevey of Birming ham and Mrs. E. Salter. grand secretary Order of the Easter Star
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12

pants in school work to receive the high est and best support, always necessary in satisfactory public service.
 The plans which are now being worked out for the careful articulation of the school system promises to make 1t possi- ble for the state to take it's place among the more progressive in the union in eff forts of this kind. With the present or ganizations of all the schools each one Is doing what some of the others ought to do. For instance, colleges are doing too much preparatory work
 High School Organization.
 It is expected that when the high school organization is such with the new institutions now being esta blished that the seven years courses can be finished in the elementary schools, and the larger part of the pupils carried through the four years of the high school neither one en- croaching upon the duties of the other. After that the colleges, teaching only the college grades, will be able to take care of a great many more pupils than they have been in the past, because re- lieved of the drain incident to prepara- tory work. As this idea works itself into the minds of all the people, the general public will be willing to support it, and with this support 1t will be possible to secure the desirable ends which the lead CTS of the school forces now anticipate. Several leading citizens have been ap- preached with regard to this matter, and within the next few weeks number of letters will be forwarded asking for expressions of opinion as to the best way to accomplish the assembling of the conference. In the meantime, however, any persons who are interested in the movement and would like to add their en- couragement to it at the present time, will have their suggestions placed in the hands of the leaders of the movement if sent by mail to H. w Laird, Montgom- cry. AS a matter of fact 1t is very much desired that all who are interested in the idea take the trouble to offer some suggestions, and to say whether or not they would be willing to attend the con | ference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-12
BIG MASONIC RALLY.
Prominent Officials Make Addresses at
 Dadeville.

Dadeville, July Il. - Especially Thursday was big day for the Masons of the county. Near 200 were in at tendance at the installation of the new officers of five different lodges. The in stallation exercises were conducted by Grand Secretary George A. Beaucamp of Montgomery. Grandmaster H. $. D. Mallory delivered an address and Past Grandmaster Ben M. Jacobs of Bir- mingham made a touching appeal for the immediate construction of the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home in Alabama. Judge s. L. Brewer of Tus- kegee and Prof James M. Pearson of Alexander City were also visiting brethren to make interesting talks.