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The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
DR. GOOBEY BREAKS CHAIN
Defies threat of Disaster from
 "Chain Letter."
Professor in Hendrix College Characterizes Chain Lettsr as "Veriest
 Voodooism"


 Voodooism"
 Dr. J. E. Godbey, professor of philosophy in Hendrix College, and one of the best known Metho- dist ministers in the state, received yesterday "chain prayer letter" and, unmindful of the threat of disaster contained in it, will not carry on the chain, which he characterizes as the "veriest voo- dooism. The letter received by Dr. Godbey was unsigned, and was as follows:
 "I2-IS- -'oS. I am sending you a prayer please follow instructions. Oh Dear Lord Jesus We implore do have mercy on all mankind. Keep us from all sin by Thy precious blood, and take us to dwell with :Thee in Etirnity (Amen. This was sent out by Bishop Laurence commanding this to be sent out to nine persons. they who will not send this prayer will be afflicted by great mis- fortune. One person who paid no attention to 1t met with terrible accident. He who will send this out to nine persons, commencing today, and one each day for nine days will on the ninth day ex- perience great joy.
 This was sent to me exactly as I am writing it to you.
 Do not break the chain.
 "A-menn.
 In reply to the letter Dr. Godbey writes to the Log Cabin Democrat:
 II cannot comply with the re- quest of this letter.
 First, because as a request it has no meaning. The prayer proposed is in general terms for the salvation of all men with our selves. All christians who pray at all, daily pray for these things; therefore, the request is meaning less. I cannot be a party to this sham.
 Second, the threat of some fearful judgment upon anyone who breaks this chain is blasphemous presumption on the part of the author of this scheme. It is the veriest voodooism. 1 cannot be- come an agent for voodooist.
 "Third. the promise of rewards and threats of penalties here pre- sented misrepresents the principles of God sgovernment, taught in the Bible; misrepresents God and his cause. I cannot become an agent thus to degrade and misrepresent true religion.
 Fourth, the statement accom- panying it and which I am to copy and send as 1 receive it, is lie. Bishop Lawrence is successor of Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop of New York. He denies having any connection with this silly and sinful fraud, and I notify all whom it may concern that to circulate ii is to circulate not only a lie, but islander on good man.
 "I have been familiar with this trick for good while and have discovered that it works not with intelligent christians who know that the Lord and his cause are not represented in it. The silly ones who fear to break the chain are folks who have not enough acquaintance with the Lord to take any risks i'll the matter.
 'I break this chain, and if any friend fears for my fate let him know that more than two years ago I broke this chain and denounced this fraud. We pity the poor souls that can be scared by this bugaboo. A negro when asked if he was afraid of ghosts said, No, massa, SC seen too many of 'em. "T>he letter heariup this reuueSt
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
Wedding Last Night.

Judson Goad and Miss Ruby Nelson, daughter of MT. and Mrs. F. P. Nelson, were married last night at the Methodist parsonage, Rev. J. B. Stevenson pronouncing the ceremony.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
COLD WAVE 10
 ARRIVE TONIGHT

The balmy, spring-like weather of the past few days is to be snc- ceeded by extremely frigid tem- perature tonight and Thursday, according to the forecast issued by the weather bureau this morning, which predicts that the thermom- eter will drop to I2 degrees below the freezing point by tomorrow morning.
 The forecast: Tonight and Thursday fair and much colder; cold wave, with temperature about 20 degrees Thursday morning.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
Sells Moving Picture Show.

w. N. Owen of this city has sold moving picture show at Monti- cello to Oglesby Bros., of this city. They will move their families to, that place and take charge at once.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
Conway Candidates Confident.

J. B. Higgins. candidate for chief clerk of the house and J. Bruce Greeson, candidate for jour nal clerk of the senate, returned last night from Little Rock, where they have been spending day or two in tn. interests of their races. Both express themselves as being well pleased with the situation and seem to feel confident of their sue cess
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
Administrator Appointed.

Letters of administration were issued by County Clerk J. H. Bai- ley this afternoon to s. C. New berry for the estate of s. E. New berry, deceased.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30
A Successful Hunt.
cess,

w. D. Cole, Jr. and Rev. c. J. Greene returned last night from a three days hunt in Pulaski. They had successful hunt, MT. Cole killing two deer and one turkey and MT. Greene one deer and two turkeys.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-30

John Robins has moved into his new residence just completed in the Harkrider addition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

saw the strange man and immediate.
ly attacked him. The burglar was
put to fight and ran in terror from the
house with the dog in pursuit. At the
gate the thief plunged a knife into the
side of the faithful animal, and there
the officers found him when they were
attracted to the scene. His mistress
ran to him, and he licked her hand in
gratitude that he might die for her
out Of sheer loyalty and devotion.
That one man should lay down his
life for another is counted the crown
ing triumph of humanity, the consum.
mate sacrifice of an intelligent crea-
ture, yet a poor dog, to which is de-
MED the attribute OF reason and in:el-
ligence, will lay down his life as q
matter Of course and without any idea
Of sacrifice, for his master. 1t Is an
injustice to use the term dog al a
reproach. There are a whole lot Of
men who would have to change their
habits Of life to attain to all Of the
good qualities possessed by a dog
Fort Worth Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Resembled sthe Other One"

Imagination, of course, plays a large
part in the receptions Of the nursery.
A child Of four or five was giving an
account to her parents of the capture
Of a snake at the end Of the garden.
Like many grown-up raconteurs, she
posed as having been present, though
she had the story in reality from her
slightly elder brother, who had been
a delighted witness. Enlarging on
every detail, she was at last pulled up
by her father, who knew how much of
her evidence was circumstantial.
"And what was the color of this
snake?" he asked. This was a poser.
Tom had omitted to tell her the color.
But she was not going to be daunted
by a minor detail of this sort. 1T was
the same color as the snake that Tom
saw" she said.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Liberal Denver.

The criticism of Republican organs
of the action of the Democratic nation
al committee in accepting the offer of
$100, 900 in cash from Denver for hold
ing the national convention there is
based on nothing. There is no ques-
ton of tainted money, as those critics
would have us believe. There can be
no attempt to coerce the convention or
platform or candidate for the Demo
cratic committee will have the money
in it's war chest before the convention
acts. 1t was purely a matter of bust
ness and the only people that have any
cause for kicking are those delegates
or Democratic visitors to the conven-
ton who are called upon to pay great
CT railroad fares than they would have
had to pay had the convention been
held in Chicago or Louisville. 1t vir-
tually amounts to Denver making a
subscription to the Democratic ma
tional committee of $75 900, for the
actual expenses of the convention are
but SIS 900, and those delegates with
visitors who have to pay the larger
railroad fare and expenses are as
sessed this extra amount by the Den
yer entertainers when the time comes.
Tainted money is always secretly
paid. The Denver bonus is paid openly
and above board, and there is no pos
sible way in which there can be any
thing improper in receiving it. 1t will
be mighty handy to the committee and
as 'our friends the enemy pay the
most of the money, it may prevent
them from making their usual dona-
ton to the Republican corruption fund,
which is a double gain to the Demoo-
racy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
patrintIsm in the MAKING.

Patriotism in New York is cosmo-
politan. They have a flag drill in the
schools in which the children of
every race and cline, as the hymn
book says, are taught to salute the
stars and stripes and give their
heads, their hands and their hearts
to their country" And in some Of
the big downtown schools you may
see children from homes German, Ital-
ian, Syrian, Scandinavian, Jewish,
Hungarian, Chinese, Armenian, Greek,
and heaven knows how many more ma
tionalities, all joining in this pictur-
esque ceremony. 1t gives one a real
izing sense of the variety Of material
which is put into the crucible we call
a city, and which in another gen
Grafton or two will be simply
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Became Girls Patron,

Became Girls Patron.
Her skill on the violin, even more
than her beauty, had attracted the at
tention of the lawyer when she first
came to the city. Through friends Mr..
Hummel was introduced to her and
her mother. Eventually he became the
acknowledged patron Of the little girl.
He obtained the best teachers for her,
arranged concerts at which she played
and secured her introductions into the
homes of the socially prominent in
New York and Newport. What sue
cess has come to Miss Brown she
owes largely to the kindly interest of
Mr.. Hummel.
And Miss Brown was grateful.
She was not content to tell only Of
the many kindnesses he had done for
her and her mother. She did more.
The first day the convicted lawyer
sent word to the outside world from
his cell in prison that he would like
to see those of his old friends who
still cared to see him, Miss Brown was
n of the first to hurry to him with
flowers and fruit and some dainty
Jelly that her mother had made with
her own hands. 1t was the sight of
his little friend that brought the first
smile to the face of the little lawyer
that any one had seen after his con-
viction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
DOG ALWAYS DEVOTED FRIEND.
Faithful Qualities Frequently Serve to
Put Mankind to Shame.

Never call a mar a dog" unless you
want to confer a compliment upon
him. The dog is the most faithful, the
most self-sacrificing and the most de-
voted friend a mar can have when
once the confidence Of the animal has
been won. Few men exhibit these
qualities under the test as perfectly
as the dog exhibits them as a matter
of course. How many men a be trust
ed as implicitly as a man a trust
his dog? 1t vas a brilliant French
woman who said, 1.-THE more | see Of
men the better I think Of dogs and
this cynicism has not lost any con
verts by its repetition. Few men will
remain constant and true to another
man through hunger, misfortune and
suffering, yet any dog viii do that
gladly.
The other night a woman awakened
In her home in Chicago to find a
burglar bending over her. Her faith
ful dog, attracted BY the slight sound
81 the movement OF her awakening,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
LITTLE HARMONY IN PARTY.
Republican Factions In a Bitter Fight
for Control.

The anti-third term declaration OF
President Roosevelt appears to have
muddied the Republican waters in
stead of clearing them. More candi-
dates have been brought forward by
their friends since the announcement,
and the race for the nomination is so
open that the political ~forecasters are
all at sea. When the situation clari-
fes, as it will later, it will be found
that a great struggle is impending for
control of the Republican party be-
tween Roosevelt and the reaction
aries. At present there would seem to
be but one candidate representing the
Roosevelt policies, for Senator La Fol-
lette is for some reason not acceptable
to the president, and only Secretary
Taft can be looked upon as being
backed by the president. Fairbanks,
Cannon, Knox, Foraker and Cortelyou
are all reactionaries branded with
'the mark of the beast"-Wall street.
1t is true Gov. Hughes is regarded as
a reformer, but for some reason he Is
not acceptable to Mr.. Roosevelt, per-
haps because he is too independent to
lie down and receive the Roosevelt
brand.
In the past it has always been pos
sible for the administration to control
the national convention for a second
term, but when it ome to handing
the mantle to some n else there has
often been failure. Political parties
are compelled to indorse their leaders
and their administration of affairs. To
do otherwise would be to admit fail
ure. So whatever the next Republic
an convention does, as to platform
and candidates, it will, even if n
trolled against President Roosevelt, be
compelled to indorse him.
1t is probable that the fight in Ohio
will settle the control of the conven-
ton. If Senator Foraker should sue
coed in securing the majority of the
delegates to the state convention, and
is indorsed for president, that will
about settle the Taft boom, although
the delegates from some of the con-
gressional districts may have instruct,
ed for him. But President Roosevelt
is a smart politician, and if he can
hold the delegates from New York,
and with those from the west, and
such from the south as patronage will
control, he may still be able to master
the convention, if not for Taft, for
some one not yet named. There is a
possibility that the Republican con-
vention may be deadlocked, and no
candidate be able to secure a ma
jority, for this fight for control is be-
coming so bitter between the rival fac
lions that to be defeated may mean
four years of leanness for the losers.
But when the time comes, the
ooesive power of public plumber will
draw the factions closer together, and
a compromise candidate will probably
be nominated who perhaps has not
been even mentioned to-day. The
great art of politics is compromise.
Half a loaf is better than no bread to
the great and little politician, and
years of experience has made our
Republican friGlds the greatest adopts
in the game of giving and taking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
MORAL VS.. PHYSICAL COURAGE.
Former Quality Seems Too Much
Lacking in the World.

In San Quentin prison there is a
padded board to which a condemned
prisoner may be strapped and sup
ported on his way to the gallows II
his cowardly legs will not hold him,
a y the Sacramento Union. 1t is the
glory Of the prison that its use has
never been required. All over the
prison, after each execution, the
anxious query is hastily passed from
mouth to mouth, did he die gamer
and soon the answer flies among the
files, He died game and the prison
rests content. II any executed feIon
should show the white feather in the
final hour the whole felonious fra
ternify would feel Inundated and the
memory Of the culprit who iuked
would be execrated for generations.
What Of it,. Nothing much, but
does 1t not sort Of seem that where SO
many low-browed, bestial criminals
cun al die game" more OF us who
arc not low-browed. bestial or Grim
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

plates, and she conducted them to a
flight of stairs and along a corridor.
Curious faces looked at them from
the little rooms on each side. Egbert
and Fannie stopped at each to distrib-
ute flowers and Easter eggs.
In the hall near the consumptives'
room they passed a group of sallow,
wretched looking women, n of them
holding in her arms a curly-haired
child. She's nigh about gone" said
one; she don't know the chilG-,
Doctor says she can't last long"
said another. Hear how she keeps
calling Jennie"
A feeble voice was indeed repeating
that name over and over-the voice
of a wasted woman stretched on a low
bed.
Martha had never known that the
human frame could become SO attenu
ated and life remain.
Don't come in" she said, turning
quickly to Egbert and Fannie. There,
go out in the yard and teach Cherry
an Easter hymn"
The children obeyed and she en-
tered the sick-room alone. Never had
she so longed to comfort a fellow
creature, so felt herself SO powerless.
1t wrung her heart to hear that plea
ing, oft-repeated cry for Jennie"
Moved by a sudden impulse, she
kneeled by tie bed, took the thin hand
in hers, and whispered: Eyes, yes,
what is it? What can / do?"
The soft touch more than the whis-
per seemed to soothe the sufferer.
ooh, Jennie" she said, have you
come at last? l knew God would send
you, I prayed so long,"
Martha only replied by a gentle
pressure of the hand, and after a lit
tie rest the woman went on:
ut was the water, dear; the cruel
food that took our home away. John
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

B. Matz, a young Baltimore student.
His actual knowledge Of medicine,
added to a genuine kindness for his
fellow beings, made him more than
successful in treating the cases the
older doctors allowed him to handle
during his senior year. 1t was with a
feeling that their pupil would acquit
himself creditably that the doctors Sc
cured him the assignment to Black
wells Island Immediately after his
graduation. And their confidence was
not misplaced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

had to work so hard after that, and
you know he was strong, and
She broke off with a gasp, and Mar
tina whispered again: Eyes, yes, /
think | know. Don't talk about it
now"
But the child, DEAR" the woman
pleaded. 1T was for the child's sake
l prayed you would come. Keep the
child, Jennie, and make it ike your
self. I'll ask no more in the last day"
She grew quiet after THAI.
Then the woman with the child in
her arms came and stood in the door.
The little one had cried itself to
sleep.
Martha took the child in her arms,
laid the curly head on her shoulder,
and sat down so near the mothers bed
that she could touch the wasted hand.
Sitting thus, she watched the hour
away, and saw the look of pain change
into one of perfect peace.
A sense of nearness to her risen
Lord, such as she had never known,
thrilled her soul.
She felt that she stood in "Jennie's"
place to the orphaned child. Who
Jennie was she might never know,
but what she was had been revealed
in the dying mothers words: make
the child like yourself; I'll ask no
more in the last day"
Great changes have come with the
years since then. Martha is the mis-
tress Of a metropolitan home, the cen.
ter Of a brilliant circle of appre-
ciative friends; but the unchanged
purpose is always with her, prompt
ing her to words and deeds of Christ
like love.
The curly-haired child is a graceful
girl, on the brink of womanhood.
Sometimes when Martha looks into
her cloudless eyes, and listens to her
joyous laughter, she thinks Of the
wailing p~oor-house child; and then
she seems to hear the Saviour's
words: 'Inasmuch as We have done
e unto the least of these, We have
done 1t unto me"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

inal should be able to live game" as
the slangbirds call it?
Why should SO many men and won
en- be brave only to die, but not brave
to live? Is it because moral courage
is so much more rare, so much higher
in quality than physical courage. A
thousand men will turn out and pay
five dollars to $40 each to see two
men welt each other with clenched
fists, cheering thesman who can take
punishment, as loudly as the man who
can infict it; but how many Of that
thousand, who have rendered such
homage to physical courage, could
face a chance to make a thousand dol
lars %crookedly and still stand up and
not take a chance? Isn't it about time
for thoughtful persons to be putting
the recompense Of their adulation up
on deeds Of moral daring?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

New Wireless Experiments.

One Of the wireless companies has
been untlring in its efforts to span
the Atlantic ocean, and recently some
experiments have demonstrated to
the satisfaction Of the experimenters
that the feat is entirely feasible. A
station is about to be established at
Clifden, on the west coast of Ireland,
and it is expected to establish direct
connection with the United States. AT
the new station an innovation will be
tried in the shape of metal plates to
launch the etheric impulses into space
instead Of a latticework of wires,
which has generally been made use Of
heretofore.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
State RIGHTS.

At the convention Of the attorney
generals Of the IS states of the Mis-
sissippi valley, held at st. Louis,
nearly all defended the reserved rights
Of the states from federal usurpation.
A strong desire was expressed to re.
strict the power Of federal courts in
their dealings with affairs pertaining
wholly to a state. Thus the march OF
modern events justifies the Jeffer-
sonian doctrine of the rights Of the
states over the Hamiltonian doctrine
Of the Capitalization of power in the
federal government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Servant Girls for Australia.

The servant problem In England
does not appear to be any nearer So
luton. The British housewife lost
and the Australian mistress gained 60
English, Scotch and Irish girls when
the steamship Miltiades sailed from
Tilbury recently with its first con-
tingent Of servants for New South
Wales, under the government-aided
emigration scheme, One Of the con
ditions was that the girls must be
actually engaged in domestic service,
and the service money asked for the
16,0O0-mile Journey was SIS. AS a
guaranty of good faith, a deposit Of
$40 with the government has been
made by each girl. On their arrival
in Sydney they will be met by a rep
resentative Of the government, and
most Of them will at once 60 into
places already found for them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Oklahoma.

There are more negroes than In
dams In Oklahoma and also in the old
territorial limits Of Indian territory.
The official census just completed
gives 31v611 negroes and 13,087 Indians
in Oklahoma, and in Indian territory
SO,649 negroes and 61,926 Indians. The
total population of the new state of
Oklahoma Is 1,414,177. According to
population the state Of Oklahoma is
entitled to seven congressman instead
Of ave, which the RepuBlicaas gsEdg
insly gave 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

Brown was sent to each place, but in
every city the judges were unanimous
in awarding her the first prize for
beauty.
Pleased as she vas by the honor
and attention showered on her by the
artists, it was the friendship of those
who took an interest in her musical
training that Miss Brown cherished
most. And 1t was this gratitude that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
Helped Unfortunates.

Helped U~nfortunates.
He felt that the unfortunates he
was called upon to treat in the prison
hospital we're human beings like him.
self, and many a man, sick with dis
grace and tired of life, found new in
~spiration in the young doctor. None,
however, liked him better than abe"
Hummel.
If you talked to the convicted law
yer to-day he would tell you nothing
has helped him to bear his disgrace
more than the cheering talks of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

They are quite dinerent. though.
Then they were from people who said
they were Count This and Duke That
or Lord Something Else, and they all
wanted me to marry them. Just fancy
marrying a man you never saw Some
did inelose their pictures, and they
were certainly a funny-looking lot. I'm
glad l didn't let my early experience
turn my head, though, for now I've got
something better than a duke or count
I've got a real man."