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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-10

dandy new overcoat rack, which dis
plays that line Of clothing to the best
advantage. Mr.. Olson has one of the
best equipped clothing stores in the
country, but whenever new fixtures can
be used to an advantage he is putting
them in.
Last week we mentioned that sneak
thieves were busy in the city and it
has since came to our notice that there
has been three attempted burglaries.
On Wednesday evening of last week
someone took the screen off of a porch
window at the home of John Johnson
and entered the house. He came into
the room where Mr.. and Mrs, Johnson
were asleep, awakening Mrs. Johnson,
but she was too frightened to make
any cutlery and after searching around
the fellow retired the way he came.
On Friday evening an attempt was
made to enter the home of Postmaster
Breed, but the dog frightened the
thief away and Mr.. Breed reached the
yard in time to see him going down
the alley. A few days previous to this
someone entered the home of Mrs.
Noonan, but the family had not yet
J retired and he did not stay long.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
Humane CattIing Killing.

In spite of much initial opposition
on the part OF Scotch cattle killers OF
the pOleax style, a new device is
being introduced in the Dunfermline
slaughter house as a humane subst1-
tute for the old style of killing The
new instrument is described as a
weapon about a foot in length. The
barrel is rifled and the muzzle shaped
like the mouth of a bell and angled
in order to adapt itself to the slope
of a bulOck's head. BY unscTewing
the opposite end from the muzZle
the cartridge may he inserted. The
breach piece having been readjusted
there is a steel guard protecting the
hammer, which sets off the bullet.
This guard is not displaced until
the weapon is about to be used When
the bullock has been firmly drawn up
the operator places the bell end we'll
up on the forehead, and with the
sharp tap of a mallet all is over the
beast generally falling down without
a struggle If the bullet mas been
properly placed, its path should be-
along the spinal cord, completely
severing il. IF the instrument has not
been well placed. death il a little
longer in ensuing, but in any case
there is no pain TO the animal. Care
in the use of the weapon is all that
is required, as It is not thing which
can be handled Tecklessly with inn
punity-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

with the necessity OF education and
effective organization in order 10 COM
ply with, and to be able to grappIe
the problems of this sections future.
MONIES of plenty and good cheer for
all, complete eradication of selfish
creeds and grinding greeds. The
dream of one age is but the practical.
Ity of the next, and the human indus
tries OF this section OF America will
not rest content, being categorical
among the historic urns OF national
failures; from the WORKERS and build
ers of a people in complete possession
of resource and facility. failures can.
not come
With freedom Of acton for all peo-
pies, voiced by the standard press,
Florida can easily comply With any
advanced movement of industry.
Read the epitaph5 inscribed upon
each historic urn: Extremes or
wealth and pOver.y-"
Americas plane % industriaHsni
will he emblazOned with Equal Op-
poTtunitie 70"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
Suggestion Endorsed.

The School Improvement ASSOCia.
ton of Escambia county urges that
the art and theory of gardening be
taught in the public schools of that
county This leads The Journal to
remark
Too often the farmer lad, having
learned nothing of the opportunities
the soil offers. except the dTudgeTy Of
farm life, goes to the city. and the
city gains a clerk of mediocre ability,
while the country has lost an agTi-
culturist- Farming today is as much
a profession as medicine. In the
middle and western states agricUl-
tural colleges are turning out hun
dreds of skillfully trained farmers
every year, young men equipped with
scientific as well as practical knowl-
edge of farming They are agTiCul-
turiSts and one need only look TO the
great success that is now attending
the business of farming in the west TO
see the benefit of scholastic training"
The suggestion of the School I'M
pTovemeDt Association is a timely
one We need more professional
farmers, and the preliminary or theO-
retical training that could be given
in school would be OF vast beneit in
mastering the practical side of the
art We need more farmers, but want
them to be good ones Only good
farmers, like the mechanic, is worth
half dozen jaeklegs.- Miami Me
tropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

The Journal publishes today the
current weekly fish story from the
Punta Gorda Herald, but feels that in
so doing it should. also publish Edi-
tor Jordan's excuse, which follows:
IF the Herald should concoct, write
and publish a real romance, like the
Count of Monte Cristo' or the
Forty Thieves some editors would
think that it was given to the public
as the genuine truth The American
Eagle, of Estero, for instance, doesn
seem to have the eye of an eagle eOT
distinguishing between literary recre-
alton and hydraulic mining for auri
ferrous verities. But all fish stories
are true; keep that in mind We
print one today"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
Opening Up
Baldwin County.

The following from the Onlooker,
published at Foley, Baldwin county,
Alabama, in the heart of the country
that is crying Cor means of bringing
its products into Pensacola, is most
encouraging:
elsewhere in this issue is a letter
from Secretary Waterman of the Pen
sacola chamber of commerce in which
he shows what the Florida people are
aiming to do in the way of the pro-
posed bridge across the Perdido and
a direct PensacolaiBaldwin county
road.
Owing to the rapidity with which
lower Baldwin is settling, not only
with farmers but also with summer
and winter coIonists the value of
this great cross country to Pensacola
road cannot be overestimated. not
only in the benefits it will confer on
the business and social interests OF
Pensacola, but also on the busine~s
and social interests of this county.
1t will prove a great and needed con-
Meeting link that will materially aId
the prosperity OF all.
I'VE trust that the settlers and our
county commissioners will see the
matter in the right light, put their
shoulders to the wheel and 'nelp
along this movement in the line OF
progress Better means Of transpor-
tation, not only increase land values
but facilitate means of communication
and thus add to the pleasures of life.
Editor Fesler of the Onlooker
should keep this question well before
his people and urge them to DO their
share in bringing the naturalization
of this road. The Pensacola Cham
her of Commerce is working hard to
obtain the road suggested
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
Wanted TO Know.

Governed by the ruling passion for
giving country places and city homes
sweet, poetical names, man who
lives in the central part o. PennsyL
vania built a handsome little villa
and called it The Nutshell says an
exchange.
Thus was the home introduced to
his friends, and il became widely
known, but to the surprise of all it
was one day suddenly changed to
Sylvan Rock" and naturally a flood
of inquiries soon began TO come in.
Say. old man. remarked one of
his neighbors, on noting the change,
why have YOU given your home a
new name2 What was the matter
with The Nutshell?
Why responded the man, with
some warmth, because l was tired
of being jollied- Because l was tired
of being kfdded There isn't a boy
for a mile around who hasn't stopped
and rung the dOoFbe1 every time he
passed to ask il the coolnel was I'M
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

play in the future, the negro must de-
feat Mr. -Roosevelt'S candidate, and
to make sure of this the negroes must
cast their votes for Mr. Bryan.
The anti-Taft campaign commit
tee of our league has advised those
who do not feel that they can do this
to remain away from the polls, or
vote for some other anti-Taft candi-
date
The league has opened headquar-
tiers in Chicago, and has a large force
of men at work in that section, under
the direction of DR. Henry c. CTesS,
and will start a newspaper next week
to work against Mr. Taft"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
A jealous and vigilant health Office

A jealous and vigilant health officer
discovered commercial traveller
scrubbing his teeth in the toilet room
of a Pullman car on a train in Texas
the other day, and promptly placed
the drummer under arrest, lodging
him in Jail in Waco. The guilty man
had used his own tooth brush and did
not use the drinking glass in his
cleaning process, but all that curt no
figure with the officer When the
trial came of the health officer was
astonished to learn from the court
that the Texas legislature had omit
ted to make il crime for a person
to clean his teeth on a train in that
state, and the prisoner was released
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
The following regarding

The following regarding Baldwin
county farmers and their products.
AGAIN gives rise to the hope that tina:
much talked o. road will become a
reality:
Down in Baldwin county some far
mers are making eighty bushels of
corn TO the acre. The land is not
very good naturally, but the farmers
nrefer to fertilize it rather than work
over four acres to make the same
amount There are men in Baldwin
county who make 400 bushels OF
corn on five acres every year by fer
tilizing it, They also make a bale
of cotton to two acres by the same
method. One man can make profit
able crop by manuring in the spring
and he saves himself and his horses
the unnecessary labor.-BirminSham
Ledger.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

An interesting case has developed
over in the Crescent City in connee-
ton with the dairy business. Some
New Orleans dairymen wanted few
mich COWS. President Hardy OF the
Mississippi College had some fairly
good looking COWS that he wanted to
get rid o.. and he sold them to the
New Orleans dairymen with the tacit
understanding that they were All right
All would have been well had it not
been for DR.. White, chief food in
spector of the city. He "butted" in
and said the COWS had tuberculosis
That was a very serious charge and
was challenged by the governor OF
Mississippi, but the investigation
which followed, sustained DIR. White,
and so the president o< the Missis.
sippi college stands accused OF selling
diseased mich cows.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

A company has been organized for
the purpose of building a $4,000 hotel
at Flomaton. Conspicuous in the list
of stockholders appears the name OF
w. j. Bryan. 1t is probably the Flor
ida family that is represented, how
ever. 1t is expected that the hotel
will be completed and open to the
public about the first OF next Febru-
airy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

candidate who is likely to poll a mil
lion more votes against Taft imam
Parker pollej against Roosevelt. Even
then he may fall shOr. of election
But the Republican party will have 4
fight on its hands, fight rom start
to finish, and one that will tax its
resources to the very lint That, at
any rate, is the cool. candid juds-
ment OF this Washington
Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
Protecting Pension Lists.

Camp Ward. Confederate Veterans.
at Pensacola. is watching for pension
frauds and holding up all applications
pending an investigation as to wheth-
er or not the applicants are entitled
to such aid The board of county
commissioners. which approves and
disapproves applications. is working
with the camp. Every county in the
state should have such watChfuInesS
and prevent swindling.-Miami Me-
tTopOliS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

A man down in Orlando was up be-
fore the mayor few days ago charg-
ed with the offense of trimming his
side walk trees, which causes the
OeaIa Star to remark:
I'VE neither trim our trees-nor
do the city authorities care tink-
er's lead if they do it, no matter how
many parasols. umbrellas or ladies'
hats the low dropping limbs snatch
bald headed and ruin. We love to
see nature takes its course in Ocala,
no matter who il makes mad.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

It Is against orders of the Metropol-
itan Street Railway Co in New York
for conductors or motormen to take
a drink of lemonade or soda water
while on their run. They must
queneh their thirst at headquarters
and there fill up with enough ice
water to last the, round trip.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

The Ladies Town Improvement As
sociation of Mariana wants the city
to allow them to beautify the main
street, and the editor of the Times
Courier being wise man sagely re-
marks: Turn the square over to
the ladies, and our word for it, you
will be proud that you did so in less
time than a year hence"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

One of the members oc the Ameri-
can team of athletes, who is winning
honors in the Olympic contests in
England, was turned down by the pc
lice surgeons as physically unfit for
lob on the New York police force,
Those New York cops must be
hrawny lot of men,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

Atlanta has its first nurdy-gurdy
isn't she getting to be the metropoli
tan thingl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

Boiling eggs by electricity and with
out water is one o. the latest kinks
at the short order restaurants in Chi
cago. 1t takes only about half of the
time that is does the old way.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACCLIANS
Sounded the Keynote.

The Pensacola Journal sounded the
keynote when it said good schools.
good roads and good churches are
three prime essentials to the happi-
ness and prosperity Of every commun-
y--ApalachicOIa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

Are you doing your share toward
making Pensacola a good place to
live in"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

We are keen for picture hats ex
cept when we go to picture shows.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

Santa Rosa Island is getting a
state wide reputation, and it isn't be-
cause any sheath gowns nave been
discovered there either.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

We are waiting for Frank Mayes
to tell US how it happened at Denver.
Tampa News
Don't be impatient. He is resting
after those strenuous days at Denver.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

Who cabled Hearst for his opinion
anyway.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
PrNgAcolA. FLORIDA. sUNDAY MoRNINe. JULY 10. 1sos

Gompers says he didn't.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
FROM EDITORIAL PAGES
OF NATIONAL PRESS


ed at the CaTicatureS-eyen the IA
nous dollar mark representations.
President ROoseceIt and his big
stick nave been pictured so FIRE
quently that they have a place of af-
lection in the eyes % thousands OF
the American people 1t is automatic
among newspaper men that a truly
Dig man IS affable and simple and
easy TO approach. Your whining and
Supersensltive man is generally small
and lnoOleTant. II is said of Mr.. Nc
hlnIey that in his campaign for the
presidency the first time an unusual
~ DTusque cartoon, drawn by Homer
Davenport, was shown him which
represented him as a four-fOOted ami
mai wearing collar and chain at
tached TO Mr. Hanna The future
president, insteaod of being resent
tul, sent for the artist, and after a
dinner together they became fast
friends, although Mr.. Davenport con-
tinued his lampooning, but without
personal animOsity. Mayor Reyburn
should emulate the example of these
distinguished men and grin and
bear It. By commanding the re-
spect of his tormentOrs he is sure
some day to reap a reward. And the
chances are that if he will examine
his record closely ne will find that
he Is not altogether bIameIess and
mat a good many people of Philadel-
phla see him through the cartoonists
eyes.-hansaS City Journal.
Tom Watson SadIey of.
What Is the matter with Tom Wat
son? We used to give him credit
Tor being honest and independent,
Dut II begins to look as if insinceTity
as well as venom was behind his at
lacks on Bryan. Mr.. Watson must
nave known enough of the Bryan rec
ORD as thoroughly aired and exposed
IN Two campaigns to be aware that
the Nebraskan never said he would
never vote for a confederate veteran,
yet IN recent Utteranc o. the Popu-
list nominee he repeated this stupid
oft-refuted falsity.
Mr.. BryanS attention was called to
the Watson canard by a North Caro-
INA editor, and al emphatic denial
of the charge was made by Mr.. Brv-
an with the following enumeration of
acts showing his course and temper
toward ex-confederates:
He had voted for a Confederate
veteran for speaker of the house OF
representatives; he voted for Speak
er Crisp twice on roll call, first in
the fifty-secOnd, and again in the fiftv-
third congress; voted for him in eau
icus in the fffty-third congress.
HE recommended an ex-COnfeder.
ate John D. Calhoun for postmaster
of Lincoln in 1898, and while in con-
gresS he sustained the best of reIa-
tons with the ex-COnSederate mem
bers- He refers any enquirers to the
people of the South, who have help
ed TO nominate him three times"
1t seems up to Mr.. Watson to &C
knowledge his error and make what
apology or explanation he can. But
as a Bryan critic his authority should
be over and done with.-NashviIe
Tennesseean.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19
The New Platform.

Tennesseean.
The New Platform.
Are the New York Times and the
Brooklyn Eagle wholly fair to the
Democratic party wnen they intimate
to their readers that the 1908 plat
form is no better than the 1895 plat
form?
There is not one word in the Den
yer platform about the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
There is not one word about BIZ
metallism, with or without the con-
sent of other nations.
There is not one word denOuncing
national bank notes and advocating
wildcat greenback currency.
There is not one word against the
United States supreme court.
There Is not one word about gov
eminent ownership of railroads
There is not one word about the
initiative and referendum-and it was
not so very long ago that Mr.. Bryan
threatened in effect to drive every
body out of the Democratic party
who did not believe in the initiative
and referendum.
There are faults in the Denver plat
form, but it shows a very great i'm
provement over the platform of 1896
and the platform of 1900. 1t shows
a very great improvement over many
of Mr.. BTyan's speeches during the
last two years
Without modifying any of the critI-
cism which it has made against GER
tain planks, the World believes that
the committee on resolutions is en-
titled to great credit, that tne nation
al convention is entitled to great
L
entitled to great credit for a defini-
ton of party policies which contains
so much that is good and avoids so
many o. the DISASTROUS plumbers of the
past-New York World.
What of November?
A more machine-like proceeding
than that involved in the nomination
of Bryan at Denver has never occur
red, in convention history But, IN
like the Chicago affair, which il re-
sembled. it was not machine-made.
1t was paTty-made- The body of dele
gates would scarce have dared return
home had they nominated any one
else He became, as matter OF
fact the fixed choice OF the Demo
cratic heart of the country months
ago And no sort of intrigue or ma
chinatiOu could endanger his hold
upon the party masses They wanted
Bryan and would have no other.
What % November? Nobody can
tell He would be a rash prophet in
deed, who would venture TO predict
that William Jennings Bryan would
TOW reach the White House. But
this we do know: He has grown il
wisdom with the passing of the year
he has grown in the esteem of his
felloWmen the country over; he is
next to Theodore Roosevelt, the best
known OF all great Americans today,
and next, also. to Theodore Roosevelt,
stands most cOnspicUOuSly for those
progressive or radical policies to the
carrying forward OF which large sec
ton OF the country appears TO be ir-
TevOcably committed. Therefore, a
by no means one-sided campaign is
certainly ahead of Us.
Radicalism has not run its course
In Bryan the Democratic parry has a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-19

This committee finds that the ma
jority of the negro leaders, and their
people as well, favor supporting the
Democratic nominee for the presi-
dency-
Every intelligent, self-Tcspecting
negro knows that he will be read out
Of the party If Mr.. ROOsevelts policy
triumphs next November and Mr.. Taft
is elected e
IN order TO prevent this and TO Sc
cure for the race justice and fair
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-11
Charleston News Notes.

Scbtt Cowan suffered the loss of a
number of his pure bred poultry By
feeding unslaked lime.
DIR Booher is recovering from the
attack of blood poisoning from
which he has been suffering for some
time
E. c. Hill of South Vineland is at
tending business meeting Of the
export Lumber company, of which
he is member.
c. Craig is in charge of the bust
ness OF the Vineland Trading COM
pany during the absence Of the reg
ular manager.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-11


ANCESTOR's TRUNK.
Camden on a farm near the old Fort
homestead, at Pemberton, which has
now passed out OF the family. The
trunk Is carved with French designs
and bears the initials "R. f." and the
date "lG60." which is supposed to have
referred to the year In which the pio-
neer reached his majority. Roger
Fort did not stop with the Quakers at
Burlington. but carved path through
the wilderness and along the banks Of
the Rancocas laid out q plantation for
which he later received q grant from
the crown.
Members Of the Fort family fought
In the Revolution. and Governor Fort
Is president Of the Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution Of New Jersey. He is
not the first Of his family to occupy the
executive Office of the state. AZ his
fathers brother, George l. Fort. was
governor from 1851 to 1854. The pres
ent governor, who was born In 1862,
a year after his uncle assumed Office.
went to see the latter when his school
ing was finished and he was starting
out In the law and asked his advice.
The ex-governor counseled him to set
tie In Jersey City and become a Demo-
Graf as that was the only party through
which in New Jersey he could hope to
secure political preferment. The fu-
ture governor said he was willing to
go to Jersey City, but he could not be-
come Democrat. as he was convinced
Of the truth Of the principles of the
Republican party. While pupil of
the Pemberton academy young Fort
was under the instruction of Charles
L. Hendricksol, and on one occasion
was kept after school to perform a Ger.
tain task and was SO slow about 1t that
the impatient teacher declared the only
thing his head would ever be good for
would be a butchers block. Some
years later pupil and instructor were
associates on the supreme bench OF the
state and had good laugh when the
Incident Of school days was recalled
Governor Fort attended the ALBANY
Law school and had for roommate
the late Democratic candidate for the
Alton B. Parker. lie is,
married and has three children. In the
republican convention Of 1890 he nomi-
mated Carrot A. Hobart for the vice
His friends say It would
be singularly appropriate should he BE- |
nominated for that Office himself.