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The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

six months before. The following are
the statements for the eastern states.
southern states and the middle west:
Staple groceries, 10 per cent. less in
the eastern states, II per cent. less in
the southern states and 8 per cent. in
the middle west.
Sales of groceries classed among
the luxuries, 16 per cent. less in the
eastern states, Is per cent. less in the
southern states and Is per cent. less
in the western states. The falling off
in biscuit and bakers articles and in
confectioners' trade shows substantial
ly the same per cent"
To show how the trusts can escape
from the evils that afflict others. Mr..
Bryan recently called attention to the
fact that a recent issue of the Wall
street Journal shows that the Interna-
tional Harvester Company made lar
ger net profits last year than in any
preceding year, and the directors of
the International Harvester COMPANY
are largely the same as the directors
of the Steel trust.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
coRNET BROUGHT ABOUT PEACE.
Spite Controversy Happily Ended
Without Legal Warfare.

Fellow was raising bees back in
the foothill country" remarked Frank
H. Short of Fresno. PLENTY of sage
brush; sage makes clear, delicious
honey. Got in a row with a neigh
Dor; shot his dog; said its barking
annoyed his queen bees. Neighbor
waited a whole year to get even,
plowed up a big patch, planted wild
mustard; grew fine. Bees thick on
mustard flowers. Mustard makes bit
ter honey. Like to ruin the bee mans
sales. Bee farmer came to me, wanted
to sue for damages. What can i do?'
he asked.
"Nothing,' l said. He has a right
to grow mustard on his W land
"'Well,' he said, III get some
scheme to annoy him.
so he got a c%ornet; used to sit up
from midnight till four o'clock in the
morning practicing Wearing of the
Green Fellow with the mustard was
an Englishman; stood 1t for three
weeks; went out with a scythe and
cut down all the mustard. They've
been good friends ever ince."-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
A CONVINCING CERTIFICATE
That Every Voter Should Read Who
Believes That Bank Deposits
Should Be Guaranteed
Against Loss.

The Democratic platform favors Sc
cured bank deposits. The Republican
platform is silent on the subject and
its leaders, Mr.. Taft notably, op-
pose it.
The following certificate published
in The Commoner is distinctly inter.
esting at the present time:
Guthrie, Okla, June 81, 1908.-The
depositors' guaranty law was passed
December II, 1907, and was made op.
erative February IA, 1908.
Bank reports show that the effect
of the law began weeks before the law
was in actual operation.
There are now SOL banks under the
law in this state, including 81 national
banks. There are 255 unsecured banks
Gall %nationals) in the state.
THE dates of statement calls were
as follows:
For national banks, December 8,
1907; February IA, 1908, and May IA,
1908.
For state banks, December II,
1907; February 20, 1908, and May IA,
1908.
From December 3, 1907, to Febru.
airy IA, 1908, the deposits in the unse.
cured banks decreased about an ever
half-million. The secured national
banks for the same period gained in
deposits about $3.50, 600. State banks
Gall securely for the period from De.
cember II, 1907, to February IA, 1908,
show an increase in deposits of $716,.
749.47.
For the period ending May IA, Sc
cured national banks show ar increase
in deposits of $645,413.61.
"State banks Gall securely for the
period ending May IA, show an in.
crease in deposits of $2,355, 602.14
For the period ending May IA the
unsecured banks Gall nationals) lost in
deposits $500, 807.S sc.
Deposits of state funds show a de
crease in both classes of banks as
follows:
In secured banks .................$ q, 533. sc
In unsecured banks ............... 669, 919. Z
Total increase in deposits in all Sc
cured banks, December to May, pei
reports, $4,237, 1882.
Total decrease of deposits in al
unsecured banks, December to May
per reports, $1,100, 807.S6.
Total decrease of deposits of state
funds in both classes of banks last
period, ~$691,453.26.
$50 it is apparent that there are
$3,S2S,410.62 more individual deposits
in banks in Oklahoma than before
the depositors' guaranty law was
passed and the secured banks have
been beneficiaries.
1.-The above is correct.
Troy G.. CAKES.
Secretary State Banking Board.
GEORGE w. BELLAMY,
Chairman State Banking Board"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
Rinuino Call to Action.

Strong, f~orceful and inspiring is the
speech in which William Jennings
Bryan accepts the presidential nomina-
ton of the Democratic party. The
talent of the Nebraskan for graphic
expression was, perhaps, never better
illustrated than in this address, in
which he sets forth the issues upon
which Democracy goes before the ma
ton, and attacks the traditional insin-
cerity of the Republican party. 1t is
significant, too, as a keynote to which
the current campaign will be pitched.
Terse in argument, vivid in phrase,
clear in analysis, it is evident that Mr.,
Bryan expects to take the battle right
into "the enemy's" territory, making
the most of the weakness with which
the dominant party finds itself con-
fronted.. 1t is a ringing call to action
which he has issued to the friends of
good and progressive government in
this country. Broad craftsmanship
and the lessons the years have
! brought to him show convincingly in
it's every phrase.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
Ready, Whatever Happens,

Work as though you were to live
forever; live as though you were to
die tonight" says an old writer. 1t is
counsel that fits many, though the
man whose life is well insured may
claim some exemption. He has no
need of working as though death were
ready to come, for ne has already an
ticipated and guarded his dependents
against the monetary distress that so
often trails in the grim visitors wake.
AS for the rest of the advice, his poll
cies are tangible evidence of his noble
forethought and readiness to die, If
need be. tonight.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
MANY BRYAN REPUBLICANS
They Are Organizing Clubs in a Mum.
Der of Western States-Morgan
Comes Across" for Taft.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 9.-The Republic
al national platform which was
framed at the dictation of big trust in
~terests has driven thousands and thou
sands of Republicans to the support
OF the Democratic national ticket. In
every state in the west there are
Bryan clubs composed of Republicans
h were forced to leave the G. 0. P.
because of its allegiance to and con-
nectfon with the trusts. A striking in
stance of this revolt is afforded by
students attending the University of
Minnesota, who have organized a
Bryan Republican Club" Within a
period of three days a membership Of
800 Republicans who will support Bry-
an has been enrolled and the list Is
still growing.
While declaring allegiance to their
party, these Republicans declare that
the election of Bryan is above that of
partisan politics. The Bryan Repub-
lican club of Minnesota" has set forth
its purpose in the following circular,
which has received general distribu-
ton throughout the state:
l. We, the undersigned students Of
the University Of Minnesota, declare
our allegiance to the Republican party,
and pledge Jul devotions to progress
sive Republican principles.
2. We believe the Chicago conven-
ton adopted a platform which does
not embody those principles, and NOM
mated candidates whose views do not
reflect the will of the people.
3. We hold that it is the right and
the duty of the people to rebuke party
leaders when they allow political Or
CARNATIONS to be Influenced by on
siderations of private interest.
4. In the exercise of this right and
duty, we express our intentions to
vote for candidates who are pledged
to further progressive principles,
without regard to the party to which
those candidates belong, and to exert
all our influence to secure the election
of William Jennings Bryan as presi-
dent of the United States.
Judge Taft complains that this is
the day OF the campaign canard, and
shouts liar" because some alleged
person said that he thought that one
dollar a day was sufficient cOmpensa-
ton for the laboring man. Mr.. Bryan
and Chairman Mack both denied the
statement in the Hearst's paper that
the Democratic national committee
had received a $500, 900 fund from the
old committee at the beginning of this
campaign, and yet President Roosevelt
repeated the SANDER several weeks
after it's authoritative reputation by
Chairman Mack in the various press
associations of the country. The Dem
ocratic national committee has never
circulated the hoax OF which the Re
publican candidate for the presidency
complains.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
The Popular Coral.

The dealer held up two strings OF
coral. They were Of equal size, but one
was dark and dull in hue, the other
beautifully pink and translucent.
"The dark one," he said, lis worth
so cents, the pink one is worth $500.
That is what makes coral SO popular.
1t suits all p~ocketbooks.
'.All over the world it goes. These
strings of rough, uncut beads are for
the dead of India. They are put round
the necks of the bodies about to be
burnt in the CHATS.
These large and blood-red beads
go to Africa. They are much liked
by the natives, whose dark skins they
perfectly suit. Mr.. Roosevelt would
do well to take a al of them with
him on his forthcoming trip.
Here are a lot of coral hands with
fingers extended in a V-the gesture
that wards off the evil eye. The coral
hands are for Italy, where the belief
in their efficacy Is widespread"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
NOT A MIRACLE.
Just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink
ing so severely as to cause spells of
unconsciousness. And to find complete
relief in changing from coffee to Pos
tum is we'll worth recording.
Il used to be a great coffee drinker,
so much SO that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became so weak l
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times a
day.
my friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. / would not be-
lieve it, and still drank coffee until I
could not leave my room.
Then my doctor, who drinks Pos
tum himself, persuaded me to stop cof-
fee and try Postum. After much hest
tation l concluded to try it. That was
eight months ago. Since then / have
had but few of those spells, none for
more than four months.
Il feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. / now drink moth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee.
and as l am seventy years of age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
! interest.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
Congratulations Wanted.

On entering his club one evening
not long ago a young Philadelphia
was accosted by a friend, who ex-
claimed:
why, Charley, you are positively
beaming! What's up?"
I'm in the greatest luck imagin-
able responded the other. You
know, I've been hanging about a pretty
Yonkers girl for almost a year. Dur
ing all this time she would never ad-
init that she loved me; she would only
say that she respected me. But now,
old chap, congratulate me, for last
night she confessed that she respected
me no longer-that she loved MEL
Lippincott's.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
TRUSTS ARE NOT HURT.
But Business in Other Lines Has Been
Seriously Affected by the Panic
That Still Hurts.

Mr.. Taft says that the panic is about
over and that conditions have about
reached normal. That does not CORE
spond with the view of the Chicago
Board of Education that $4,000 chill
dren go to school hungry, partly be-
cause their fathers cannot get employ
ment and because of the increase in
the cost of living.
The Saturday Evening Post, of re-
cent date, contains more statistics
showing that, according to the reports
of the New York savings banks, the
number of accounts opened for the
year ending July / was $4,000 less
than for the year before, while the
number of accounts closed was $4,000
greater than the year before. The
amount deposited was $500 900 less
and the amount withdrawn $41, 000. 900
more. This shows a large shrinkage
In the savings of the people of that
state. And now comes a New York
wholesaler with the statement that on
July % the firm addressed a letter to
the wholesale grocers, biscuit bakers
and confectioners of the United States,
asking for figures showing trade con-
ditions at that time compared with
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

THE Government Hospital for the In
a n has just opened it's male
nurses home.
The building is designed to accom-
modate a large number of the male
nurses and attendants who have here
tofore been quartered in buildings IN
which patients were cared for. They
will be enabled under the new condl-
lions when work on the wards is over
to go to>a building removed from the
patients and containing homelike ap-
pointments.
The need of such a home has been
recognized by the hospital authorities
for a long time. In the plans originally
prepared for the extension of the
asylum there was provision made for
the erection of such a structure. 1t
was finally eliminated.
A building three stories high, how
ever, was erected for the female
nurses and attendants when the hos
pital extension was completed. AS no
appropriation was available for the
construction of a building for the male
nurses, all that it was possible to do
was to remodel one of the buildings
already on the hospital reservation.
The building finally selected is what
was known as the east lodge. Several
years ago it was utilized for female pa
tents. 1t is a combined three-story
and two-story brick building.
Entirely remodeled to meet the re-
quirements of the situation, 1t con-
tains 33 roomy apartments, capable OF
providing for about So men. It is
lighted throughout by electricity. Lava
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
Insane Hospital to House Male Nurses

tories, shower baths and bathrooms.
all lined with Vermont marble, are on
each floor. On the first floor is a
large club or reception room running
the entire width of the building, which
will be used as a reading 10 or pos
sibly as a billiard room
Employees who are to occupy the
building are being assigned to quarters
there now, and they have expressed
themselves as pleased at their new sur
roundings, which they regard as max
ing for their comfort and pleasure
after working hours.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Heretofore elections in Cuba have
been the signal for disorder and revo-
lutionary outbreaks. The recent cleo
tons were as peaceful as a contest for
selectman in a New England town.
The new electoral law which provides
for ~non-partisan electoral boards was
tried for the first time, and it proved
to be a good political device. But tho
real reason for the unprecedented
good order of the elections is to be
found in the temper of the Cuban peo-
pie. They are learning, if not to gov
ern themselves, at least not to make
a riot of government.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
PEOPLE WILL SEE THROUGH HIM
Gov. Hughes of New York, Who Was
Elected by Rockefeller and Nor
gan Money, Telling Western
People How to Vote.

The Republican campaign managers
have dispatched Gov. Hughes of New
York to the west to tell the farmers
and workingmen how to vote. This is
the same Gov. Hughes who, according
to a sworn statement by his cam
paign manager, was elected governor
of the state as the result of contribu-
lions by the leading trust magnates in
the nation. The following is a partial
list of contributors to Gov. Hughes:
]. Pierpont Morgan, Boss of Wall
Levi P. Morton, Trust Magnate 49,. 200
John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil
Chauncey M. Depew. Railroad and o'V"
Standard Oil Senator ................ 5000
John w. Gates, Stock Gambler .... 1000
William Nelson Cromwell, Harri-
%aoa . Judge iaT Taft an nelet tee mf for
membership on the Republican
Financial, Advisory and Execu-
tive 1000
Scores of other trust magnates, in
Guiding Havemeyer, head of the Sugar
trust, Duke, head of the Tobacco trust.
and Arbuckle, of the Coffee trust, con.
tributed substantially towards Gov.
Hughes election. The New York ex.
ecutive has engagements in practical
ly every western state. Whose inter.
ests do you suppose he has at heart?
Those of the farmers and workingmen
in the west, whom he has never seen,
and whom he is going to tell how to
vote, or the trust magnates who made
possible his election and whose con.
tributions to his cause are a matter of
official record in the state capitol at
Albany.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
HumorousIy Worded Rebuke,

Theodore P. Roberts had a fluent
command Of language, both in speak
ing and writing, and was well liked
by everybody. He could secure the
attention of a negligent publisher If
need be. To one such, who was re-
miss about sending vouchers, he ono
closed up a long letter with the SEN
tence: "And, finally, my dear sir,
permit me to say that it would be
easier for a camel to ride into the
kingdom of heaven on a velocipede
than for anyone to find a late copy of
your paper in the city of New York"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Toledo, Ohio, is said to have fewer
bad boys than any other city in Amer
lea. A writer in the Worlds Work
gives the reason in his account of the
juvenile organization established there
by a wise philanthropist. He or
ganized the boys into drum corps and
athletic teams, provided the uniforms
and equipment, and then made it a
condition of remaining in the organi-
cation that the members refrain from
bad talk, alcohol, tobacco and gam
bling. Almost any boy will give up
a harmful habit for a harmless one if
the harmless one is made attractive.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The New York health board has
again arraigned the fly on the muir
derous charge of carrying typhoid mi
crobes on his feet and thus distribu-
ting them on foods. This seems a lit
tie fanciful, but whether it be true or
not, the fly is a malefactor and should
be eliminated.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

A British peer has just married a
chorus girl in London. Maybe the
peerage finds the American heiress
giving out or getting wary, and is
looking for wives among women who
a support their husbands by going
to work.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The British consul at Tamsui re-
ports that the total exports of cam
phor from Formosa in 1907 amounted
to 4,121, 566 pounds, of which 2,452, 933
pounds was sent to Havre, London
and Hamburg; 1,635,300 pounds to
America, and 1888 pounds to Madras.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

According to an observing coin col
lector superstitious persons who be-
lieve in the "13" hoodoo should have
nothing to do with a quarter-dollar,
for the unlucky 10 is much in evil
dence on the coins of that denomina-
tioO
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

An American woman has made a
tour of Europe, with but one gown
and no trunk at all. She has preferred
comfort, to style, and the fact of see
ing to being seen. Having nothing
but a suitcase, she has bought no
handsome gowns or fine laces abroad
to smuggle past. the customs authori-
ties. Not the unexpected, but the i'm
possible has happened.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Kidney Pills, kid
ney d ! e a 8 e W a s
slowly poisoning me.
Dizzy spells almost
made me fall, sharp
pains like knife
thrusts would catch
me in the back, and
finally an attack Of
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The French Panama Canal Com
pany, which went into bankruptcy in
1889, finally passed out of existence
last month when the receivers were
discharged. 1t took longer to wind up
the affairs of the unsuccessful corpor-
alton than will be required for the
American government to build the
canal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

That Genoan father who shot and
killed the driver of an automobile.
and also M of the woman occupants
Of the vehicle, who was a marchion-
ess, when he saw his child crushed
to death before his eyes, is commend
ed by some in Genoa who do not stop
to reason; but his violence is more
reprehensible than the neglect of the
chauffeur.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

If Minister WI has really discov-
cred the secret of ~prolonging life in
definitely, the empress of China would
scarcely be blamed for wanting the
fect
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The duke of the Abruzzi continues
to have difficulty in p~ersuading the
queen of Italy to consent to his mar
riage to Miss Elkins. The queen has
a reputation at home for beauty, and
it is but natural that she should not
want another woman at cour who
would become, as a well-known Chi
cagoan once said, the sinecure of all
eyes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The contest over the will of the
late Sir Lionel Sackville Sackville-
West is not altogether astonishing.
His domestic relations were somewhat
extensive and complicated, as may be
inferred from a bet he once made
while at sea, that he would marry the
first woman he met when he landed.
He WOn-in a way.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

We are not surprised at the feat of
a st. Louis woman who has written
a play in 16 hours. A good many
of the current plays might, it would
seem, have been written in less time
than that.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Hughes made a weaker speech
than this at Youngstown. His init
nation that a Republican house of
representatives might rid itself of Can
,nonism is childish. AS for Beveridge
well, nobody has eve given much
heed to windy talk from that source,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

grip left me with a constant agoniz-
ing backache. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me quickly and in three weeks
kidney trouble remaining"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Texas has more miles of railroad
than any other state, but still it is
possible for the mosquitoes to get
down to earth through the network
of telegraph wires above the tracks.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Washington dispatches say that
ma bond issue will probably be put
out, amounting to about $685. 600 900,
but postage stamp bids won't go.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
Hiqher Still.

The Clerk (haughtily)-I bettered
myself.
The Prizefighter (cheerfully)1
did more. / bested the other.-Balti-
! more American.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The success of Maxim's noiseless
device for rifles serves to correct the
somewhat popular notion that Max
inns is something loud and noisy, as
well as festive.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

Every American must respect the
army uniform and the navy uniform,
but he cannot respect the mar who
wears 1t when that nan proves him
self unworthy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

A shortage of chorus girls was re-
Oklahoma reports a shortage of 1,200
school teachers. What are the girls
doing, anyhow?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

An infant weighing 20 pounds was
born at Shewano, Wis, the other day.
Who can think of an appropriate
name for him?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
A PROGRESSIVE.

Madame, dot girl Of yours make
great progress nit her moosic. Before
she was always two or dree notes be-
hint me, and now she is always two or
dree notes ahead"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

Yellowstone park is becoming al.
most as unsafe as If it were a great
city.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23

The platform on which Taft stands
is getting shaky In more than one
place.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-23
THREE WEEKS.
Brought About a Remarkable Change

Mrs. A. j. Davis of Murray, KY,
says: when / began using Doan's