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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-30
THE WALL STREET PROBLEM.

The World, on March 8, urged the State
and national legislatures to "reform the bank
ing business to prevent the exploitation Of
the peoples savings against the peoples in
terest by INSCRIPTIONS fnanciers."
A part of this comprehensive program Of
banking reform is now accomplished The
passage of the state banking laws advocated
by Superintendent Clark Williams is great
victory for sound finance. To other states
and to the federal government they should be
an example.
Hereafter trust companies in Manhattan
must carry a Is per cent money reserve In
their own vaults, those in other boroughs
Is per cent reserve, of which one-third may
be on deposit elsewhere, and all other trust
companies must have 10 per cent reserve;
the receivership scandal is abolished; state
banks in Manhattan must carry % per cent
reserve, of which only two-ffths may be on
deposit; those in Brooklyn must have 20 per
cent reserve, half in their own vaults, and
other banks a Is per cent reserve, two-ffths
in their own vaults. Other provisions Of the
new laws increase the safety of loans and
limit the dangerous power of directors.
Except the killing of the Aldrich bill,
negative victory, congress has done nothing
for safe banking.
New York has made a brave beginning, as
BELTS the state wherein are the chief financial
institutions Of the country, and where the evil
Of the alliance between Safeguarding and
banking is greatest. But New York should go
further. It should increase the tax on stock
sales, provide for the registry of brokers and
put an end to the conditions which permit
brokers to cheat the State out of more than
100000 a year Of the transfer tax. It
should also investigate an unincorporated and
irresponsible stock exchange preparatory to
intelligent legislation dealing comprehensively
with the whole subject Of ock-gambing
Probably stock gambling can never be stop
ped, but the state should do its utmost to limit
its power for harm.-New York World.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-30
AGGRESSION AT BOTTOM.

Say what big-navy advocates will about
their desire to keep the peace of the world
by arming to the teeth, the whole thing is
necessarily hollow. They talk of defense, but
their thoughts are really of aggression. This
crops out inevitably in the President mes
sage.-New York Evening Post
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-30
THE JEFFERsON1AN

bill now before congress with any chance of
passage. Let that be adopted and the Vree
land scheme sent to join its twin in the tomb,
and the country will be content, not with re-
ceiving its due, but at least with the check
mating Of Aldrich Cannon and Wall street.
Philadelphia North American
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-30
HILL AND JOHNSON.

Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, denies be-
ing James J. Hills IMAM Yet the fact re-
mains that he is permitted to dwell in Mr..
Hills state. Mr.. Bryan regards this as
pretty suspicious circumstance City
Star.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-30
NOW KILL THE vREELAND BILL.

killed what was left of the Aldrich bill, they
did good service to the country. They will
earn more praise by promptly tabling the sub
stitute offered by Congressman Vreeland, of
New York
Speaker Cannon announced in his arrogance
last fall when all legitimate business men
were looking to congress for relief measures,
that no plan would be considered, save that
any measure passed by the senate would be
approved by the House, under his orders.
Thereby he served notice on the country that
it must submit to Wall streets commands an
nounced by Wall street s pokesman-Aldrich.
But congress heard from the country. The
Aldrich bill, as passed by the senate, was a
manned and tattered thing It's author was
forced to submit to amendments that were
antidotes to the worst evils of the original
poisonous proposals. It was still worse than
nothing But much Of it's power for harm was
gone.
And now, in the House, the pleasant sight
is offered of representatives rising to the call
of their constituents above their dread Of
Cannon's tyranny. He has been forced to
submit to the defeat Of the vicious measure he
championed What now needs to be done is
to administer an even speedier death to the
Vreeland substitute.
It is the Aldrich bill, with the exception Of
some alterations, half Of which are bad enough
to make the measure, if anything, worse than
the Aldrich bill in it's amended form.
It drops the Johnston amendment covering
retention Of reserves in cash, and the La Fol
lette amendment, forbidding banks to invest
in stocks of corporations in which officers
e +l,oI @o,o iofo1. tod
two changes are enough to warrant the death
sentence.
It adds an asset currency provision, under
which ten or more national banks with
capital and surplus aggregating $1O,O0O,OOO or
more, may form national clearing house as
ISOLATION which, under certain regulations and
restrictions, will be empowered to issue cur
rency upon commercial paper.
Thereby it will be seen that sop is thrown
to financial sanity by making commercial
paper a partial basis for currency. Business
men, however, have learned some costly les
sons of late. Their answer now will be, eff
good for part why not for the whole?"
If every European country makes CONNER
cial paper the sole basis for emergency
rency, why restrict the bulk of such an issue
here to bonds, Of which Mr. Vreeland, himself
banker, admitted only yesterday to the COM
mittee that during the panic they were "not
worth more than bale of hay, so far as get
ting cash was concerned?
Congressman Fowler proposal for the Gre
alton of commission to study the whole ques-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
A YEAR on TRAINS.

The ordeal of spending year on
trains has been gone through with
by an American in Europe for a wag-
er of $4,000. His route was from
Vienna to Luiz, Salzburg and Luns-
bruck, repeated without missing a
train
He was at first loath to take the
wager because experience had taught
him how wearisome railway train life
was, but the prospect of winning the
money for his family enticed him to
accept. He soon realized that he had
underrsted his troubles. Nervous at
tacks came on him when he stepped
from the train. and he felt the
ground quivering beneath him.
After some weeks of boundless
monotony. and although he read
slept, spoke and moved about in his
compartment, he felt like one robbed
of his freedom. The specter OF his
possibly going mad so tortured him
that he felt his will undergoing a
constant struggle not to go near the
door.
Worst OF all was the hot summer,
when only iron energy and complete
abstinence from smoking and drink
g-excepting fruit juices-kept
him going. He ate little food.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Thumb Bells.

The thimble was originally called
a thumb bell by the English, because
worn on the thumb, then a humble,
and finally its present name. 1t was
a Dutch invention and was first glass
and pearl. In China beautiful carved
pearl thimbles are seen, brought to
England in 1895.
Thimbles were formerly made only
of iron and brass, but in compare
lively late years they have been made
of gold, silver, steel. horn, ivory, and
even glass and pearl thimbles are
seen, bound with gold and with the
end of gold.
The first thimble introduced into
Siam was a bridal gift from the King
to the Queen it is shaped like a
lotus bud, made of gold and thickly
studded with diamonds arranged to
spell the Queens name.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Most Popular Name For Brides.

Ann was the most popular name
for brides in 1907. The Maggies. the
Marys, the Hates and the Rosies. all
of whom have in past years carried
off the honor, must now bow to Ann.
Thomas c. Smith, the application
clerk of the marriage license bureau,
has for years kept a record of the
most popular names of brides, and
his records for 1907 show that there
have been more brides with Ann as
a handle to their names and sur
names than any other.
Katie carries off second honors,
and Mary, once so popular, drifted
away back to the seventh place. In
1906 Maggie won first place, but now
she takes third place.
Mr.. Smith places the 10 most pop
ular brides of 1907 in their respect
i've standing as follows: Ann. Kate,
Maggie, Elizabeth, Sarah, Carrie,
Mary, Rosa. Emma and Clara.-Phil-
adelphia Bulletin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
The Mathematical Mind.

A literary worker who wished to
do a large amount of reading by
proxy advertised for an assistant
capable of digesting the contents of
tremendous quantity of books in a
very short while. While weighing
each applicants qualifications for
rapid, assimilative reading he in
quired carefully into the mathemati-
cal requirements. He finally chose
the man who was most skillful at un-
tangling arithmetical problems.
ION the surface that seems an un-
necessary accomplishment in this
case" he said, but experience has
taught me that anybody who is ex-
pert in figures can read any kind of
literature put before him with great
er accuracy and speed than the per-
son lacking in mathematical acu-
men. New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

grocer has excellent opportunity
10 know the effects OF special foods
On MS customers. ASCieveland gro
Ger has a long list of customers that
nave been helped in health by leaving
Coffee. '
ne says regarding his own exper-
ieLce; Two years ago / had been
urlnking coffee and must say that I
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
rarticularly In the morning | was
irritable and upset that could
"aruiy wait until the coffee was
served and then had no appetite for
breakfast and did not feel like attend
'ns 10 my store duties.
t. one day my wife suggested that
p"Nh p"suuch as | was selling so much
=, 's'um there must be some merit in
ana suggested that we try II. 1
sooA nome a package and she pre-
sa'eu IL according to directions. The
sSui' was very happy one. Ny
ma 'ouSness gradually disappeared,
aS' Su To-day ] am all right. / would
Use r,,,t every one affected In any way
M nervousness or stomach trou-
trns ' 20 leave on coffee and use Pos
so @ rood Coffee" There's a Rea-
In pkgs. "1 ~ "e'''i''
nm. 'er read the above letter? N new
os e appears from time TO time. They
inta.s senaine, true and full Of human
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21

Washington, D. C.-This Congress
leaves behind a record of unprece-
dented expenditures. Coming to
Washington fresh from the scenes of
the financial disturbance of the early
fall, 1t has pushed the appropriations
for the first session of the Sixtieth
Congress above the billion dollar
mark.
Not so very many years ago Speak
er Reed and his billion dollar Con-
gress startled the country. Now the
country has reached billion dollar
sessions, and 1t takes two sessions to
make Congress.
Not only does the billion dollar ses-
sion follow closely the receding wave
of financial furry, but 1t comes with
Treasury depleted and facing a de-
felt estimated for the fiscal year at
100000, 900, and for the current year
ending December 81, 1908, at $780,
100000. The official statement of
the Treasury Department recently
showed an excess of expenditures
above receipts of $50,
The excess of receipts over expendi-
lures was s5S,410,542.53 one year
ago, making a difference on the wrong
side of the ledger of Sill, ,429,371.90.
Nearly all the annual supply bills
have received consideration from the
House of Representatives, in which
they originate. Not one has been
passed by this Congress which does
not show substantial increase above
the amount carried last year. The
increase runs from 100000, added
to the amount of the Indian bill, to
$26,000,000 in the annual appropria-
tion for the navy.
Exceeding Last Sessions Figures.
Making a conservative estimate,
and adding the actual increases
shown in those passed or under con-
sideration, the appropriations of this
session exceed those of the second
session Of the last Congress by $104,-
5000 To this sum must be added
the amount in the public building bill
demanded by those having close dis
tricts, where the judicious distribu-
tion of the contents of the pork bar
rel" helps to turn the tide of votes. A
conservative estimate of the provis-
ions of this bill is 100000.
Added to the increases carried in
the appropriation bills this gives an
aggregate of 1924, 100000, and raises
the estimate of the appropriations
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
In His Head.
He was a great inventor.

He was a great inventor.
"The thing | am working at now,
he began, stroking his lSin beard
with a thinner hand, will be a boon
to every family and will startle the
whole world. In fact, it will put the
Alarm Clock Trust out of business.
The idea is simply specially prepared
tablets that help you get up in the
morning For instance, If you want
to rise at you take five tablets; II
you want to get up at take six
tablets, and so on"
But how will It affect the Alarm
Clock Trust?"
why. these tablets will cause a
ringing in the ears at exactly the
hour desired"
But the little crowd could wait to
hear no more mad hurriendly dis
banded. From Harper's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
New York,s 21a Banks.

Twenty years ago the fact was
made much of that New York City
ooasted of 100 banks and trust COM
panies. Today, however, we find that
the greater city has no less than 212
Institutions of this character.
When we add In the branches we
make a total of 326 different bank
ing organizations or places where de-
posit accounts are opened and the
Inherent branches of the banking
business carried on.
or the total of 212 actual institu.
tlons A are national banks, 81 are
state banks, SO savings banks and
DO trust companies. It is unneces-
sary to say that the capital and de-
posits of the A national banks over
TOP the same items in all the othes
classes of institutions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Felled BY Cigar Store Indian.

DR.. H. B. West touched bunch
of cigars held by an Indian squaw
in front of the Maheckemo cigar
store with the tip of his umbrella
during shower here the other after
noon, and she knocked him uncon-
scious in the gutter.
DR.. West was senseless more than
ten seconds, and it was an hour or so
before he really realized what had
occurred. He is willing to swear
tnat this Indi n squaw has a punch
that would put out John l.. Sullivan
in his prime. Through short cir
cutting of wires the metallic sign
had become charged with the $500
volts of the electricity, and but for
his having rubber heels on his shoes
and gloves on his hands, the doctor
might have been killed.-New York
World
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Clevcland's Aluminium Car Tickets

THE greatest trouble with this Job
now" lamented a Cedar Avenue con-
ductor, 'is the jokers that a man
taking fares has to contend with.
Every other passenger has some cute
name for those 3-cent tickets.
Gimmie a handful of them
washers, one man will say as he slips
a half dollar to me. A lot of them
call it chink money Just because 1t
has holes in it. and so it goes. Tin
Scent pieces, perforated slugs,
clay disks with the holes in 'em'---
all those names and a lot more we
have to put up with. The passenger
who doesn't have some new name for
these tickets looks ashamed of him
self. Plain Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Philadelphia Doctor Says
Fatal TO Pick Buttercups.'

Philadelphia.-Tha the picking of
buttercups is injurious to the health
of children is the theory of Dr. w.
w. Chalfonte. He declared at a meet
ing of physicians that some cases
called measles are not measles at all.
but are the effects Of gathering but
tercups and inhaiing their perfume.
"Buttercup fever" is the term DR..
Chalfonte gives the disease. "In Ger
many and Holland there are laws for
bidding the growing and picking of
buttercups," said the physician.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21

81 have bad news, Henry" said
the wife of the millionaire.
What is it, my dear?" asked the
old man cody.
why, our daughter has eloped
with the chauffeur"
The old millionaire twirled his
glasses in meditation.
"Oh, 1t might have been worse"
he yawned.
Worse? How could II have been
worse?'
why, she might have eloped with
the chef and then we would have
missed our dinner, my dear. CHI
cago News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
rhe FieId Of sporrs.

Packey Mcfarland says he won I
fight Cans unless he gets $4,000.
In the Pacific Coast tryouts for the
Olympic Games Jos. B. King won the
fifteen-mile Marathon race In 24;29
1-5
America will not send representa-
tive crew TO the Olympic Games Re-
gatta, 70 be held at Henley-on-Thames
July 30.
Frank l.. Kramer won his first race
on the new Vhilsburg cycle track, at
Newark, NJ j., defeating Joe Fogler
by few inches In the half-mile
sprint.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Wholesale Market&

New York. - Wheat - Receipts,
$4,000 bushels; exports, 3S,072
bushels; sales, 100000 bushels.
Spot irregular; No. 2 red, ON
elevator; No. red, 1.101a (. o. b.
afioat; No. l Northern Duluth,
1.16% f. o. b. ahoat; No. hard
winter, 1.13% (. o. b. afloat
Corn - Receipts, 1,075 bushels;
exports 22,955 bushels. Spot, steady;
No. 2, so nominal elevator and "A
nominal I. o. b. afioat; No. white
nominal, and No. yellow, nominal
I. o. b. afloat.
Oats - Receipts, 10000 bushels;
spot, steady; mixed, 26 to 80 pounds,
561s; natural white, 26 to 80
pounds, " @59Ia; clipped white,
80 to 40 pounds, 59@65.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 Western, 80
I. o. b. New York.
Poultry - Alive steady; spring
chickens, 80; fowls, 1914; turkeys,
IL. Dressed firm; turkeys, 12@17;
fowls. 12@14.
Butter-Steady. Receipts, 1925.
Western factory, firsts, 1S15 @19
Cheese-Irregular. Receipts, g.
900. Full cream, old, specials, Is;
do, State full cream, old, small.
white, fancy, 14%; do, old. large.
and small, colored. fancy, IA "; do,
old, fair to prime, IL II @13; do.
common, 8@91s; do, full cream
new, 9@10A; skins. 1@S%.
Eggs-Firmer. Receipts, "a, ,l4l.
State, Pennsylvania, and near by fan
cy selected, white, 1914 @19; prime
to choice, 1712@1S; brown and
mixed, 17@ IS; fresh gathered stor-
age packed, 17@17h.
Philadelphia.-Whe - Unchang-
ed; corn firm; No. 2 for local trade.
6h orc.
Oats-Firm and la ole. higher;
No. 2 white, natural, soc.
Butter - Steady and in fair de-
mand; extra Western creamery, 2Sc.
do, near by prints, 80.
Eggs = Firm and hc. higher;
Pennsylvania and other nearby
firsts, free cases, 17hc., at market;
do, current receipts, in returnable
cases, IT, at mark; Western firsts,
free cases, II ", at mark; do, cur
rent receipts, IT, at mark.
Cheese - Quiet but steady; New
York full creams. choice, 14h0 q
14%c.; do, fair to good, 14@1414.
HuiSNB Oub obS1h1
fowls, 12@12Ac.; old roosters, 90
9h spring chickens, 30@35.
Baltimorc.-Flour- and un-
changed Receipts. 2,2S7 barrels;
exports, 6,105 barrels.
Wheat - Weak. Spot contract,
1.02A; No. 2 red Western, 1.03H;
May, 1.02A; June, 1920 02%;
July, 93A; steamer No. red,
9S% @99; receipts. 2,422 bushels;
Southern, ON grade, 9SA @1.02A
Corn-Weak. Spot, mixed, II u @
71A; No. 2 white, 72& @72A;
May, 71h @71A; July, 70; steam
or mixed, 67A @67A; receipts, 800
bushels; exports, 35,105; Southern
white corn, 721a.
Oats-Firm. No. 2, white, 5SH
@59k; No. 3, white. 56@5S; No.
@, mixed, 56@5619; receipts. a.
032 bushels; exports, 60 bushels.
Rye-Firm. No. Western ex-
port, 87QS8; No. 2, Western do
mestic, S7@8S.
Butte Firm and unchanged
Fancy imitation, 1904; fancy
creamery, 2S; fancy ladle, 20@22;
store packed, 1906.
EGG STEADY and unchanged;
16@16h.
Cheese = Quiet and unchanged.
Large. 1914; flats, 1871; small 1919
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21

AOldl - = II oVV,VVN
Totals of Money Bills.
Some of the expenditures author
lied by Congress for the fiscal year
1909 are, In round Numbers, $11,-
100000 carried in the Notifications
bill; 100000 in the postofice
bill; 100000 for the army;
$123, 100000 for the navy; $685.
100000 for pensions, including S15,-
100000 to carry the widows pension
bill passed at this session; S106, ,000,-
900 in the sundry civil bill; $8,000,-
900 in the Indian bill; s33,000,000
in the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial BILL and $24, 1000 in the
urgent deficiency bill.
The leaders have raised warning
voices and urged the cutting down
of annual estimates submitted to Con-
gress. These suggestions have not
kept the figures down and have had
little good effect.
Democrats are already preparing
to make use of the figures furnished
by their opponents in campaign docu-
ments, and are hoping for success on
the record of the party in power.
Most, if not all, of the committees
making up the money bills have
failed by many thousands of dollars
to meet the estimates made by the
executive departments. The tendency
has been always to increase rather
than decrease the amounts expended
in former years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
MOE WOMEN IN "sHEATHo GOWNS
rCo Much For Parisians at Iongchamps nut
Police Won't Object.

Disturbance which threat
ened to become riot arose at the
Longchamps race course on Sunday
from the appearance in the members
enclosure of four young women at
tired In ultra-fashionable gowns. The
dressmakers of Rue de la Paix fire.
gently boom their latest creations at
Longchamps, but Sundays expert
ment was too daring even for
Parisians
The gowns were so classic, so tight
fitting and so transparent that some
of the onlookers rubbed their eyes in
amazement. Others blushed, others
turned Indignantly away. while some
men laughed and jeered. The wear
ers had been sent by their employers
to advertise the so-called sheath
gowns, an attempted revival of the
Directoire fashion. The most sensa-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
I TrYCAr norf~-rx- SS

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior, partner of the firm of e. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL.
LARS Tor each and every case of cATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December. A. d.,
1855. A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL. Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. f. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. y.
Sold by all Druggists, T5c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-21
Newsy Paragraphs.

Baron s. Sakatani, ex-Minister OF
Finance of Japan, arrived in New
York City.
Al Madrid the infant Prince OF the
Asturias was made private in q
Spanish regiment On his first birth
day.
Cardinal Logue preached In st.
Patrick's Cathedral. New York, from
the text, GOD Is Wonderful In His
Saints"
The Navy Department prepared a
new skeleton mast to be tested by
shells when the monitor Florida Is
fred upon.