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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

all-those who had sought the NOM
ination the hardest, Cannon and
Knox and Fairbanks, got no more
than Foraker, who took what he
| could pick up. There were no diff
ferences between the SIS picture fire.
works and the ten-cent roman candle
| they all fzzled and went out in
| gloom.
And the meaning of it all Is this:
that the Republican party has taken
step forward-but not a stride A
only as fast as its slowest vessel; and,
in this parade Of the Republican fleet,
the rapid Wisconsin, a trim and sea-
worthy boat, had to slow up for Yer
mont and New York
| The general average of speed of the
Republican fleet is found in the Mis-
sissippi valley states. They NOM
mated Taft. They made the plat
form. 1t will be regarded as a long
step in New England, but it will be
regarded as a crow-jump in Nebraska.
Abner Handy Talks.
But to go back to some of the earlier
days Of the convention, some of the
days before the fireworks were all ex-
ploded, the days when only the fuses
were sizzling. 1t was on Sunday. I
think, that l met my friend Handy
Abner Handy from the Ninth Kansas
district. Mr.. Handy, who has been out
of politics in Kansas since 1902, was
unable to get to the convention before
Sunday on account of floods in the
Kaw bottoms, and until his arrival the
pre-convention milling had been rath.
er tame. But the arrival of Mr.. Handy
in his Prince Albert coat and black
SLOUGH hat, with his massive head OF
hair protruding fiercely, and his little
Sits Of eyes keenly measuring up the
situation-Mr. Handy is an expert on
''the tuation"-added new life to the
crowd in the Annex, and one may say
that the convention began with his ar
rival.
ut has been IL years since 1 at
tended Republican convention" sale
Mr.. Handy, as he lolled in a red plush
divan in alimony alley and spa
through his teeth at the onyx mop
board, "and I meet great many. new
faces. j first saw Fairbanks in tn,
st. Louis convention, and l have Jus
been talking to one Of his manager
one of the new men in Indiana poll
tics-born since left the state-a MI
Ade-George they call him. Cleve
young man, apparently. He tells m
y there is strong undercurrent for Fail
banks, and wanted me to help hir
bale it up so that there would be som
4 surface indications.
d But the situation" said Mr.. Hand!
4, as he pulled at his mustache and pu
:" his hat over his eyes, "does not seer
h to be working out that way, though
Fairbanks is man than whom n
r other in all this great galaxy of siste
"a states is more fitted geographical
% and logically to lead our great part
re- II speak," went on Mr. Handy, afte
te rejecting and chewing viciously at h
8 cigar, Il speak in no uncertain tone
an in this matter; he is a leader witho,
* fear and without reproach, and wit
I'd him as our standard bearer in tn
at great contest the eagles of victor
We would perch upon our triumphal
We guidons."
Is Now for Taft.
can say for Mr.. Handy to-day TIL
ne he is an ardent supporter of the sc
hit rotary of war for president, and pr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
The Perennial,

According to the Atlanta Constitu
ton, Georgia farmer posted this
sign on his front gate:
Candidates will pass on. No tins
to talk to EN-
One morning his little boy shouted
from the garden walk:
There's one O. them canderdates
here, an he says he'll come in any
howl"
The old man looked toward the
gate and said:
Let him in. There's no harm In
him. I know him. He's been runnin
ever sence the war-jest to be a-run
min. 1t runs in his blood an he can't
help IT,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
Some Mems Luck,

His Wife-This afternoon I called
on the family who recently moved
into the fiat across the hail."
Her Husband-Well?
His Wife-The man is so deaf he
can hardly hear word his wife says.
Her Husband-It does seem as
though some men have more luck
than sense.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
Locusts of Exodus.

The majority of those who have
written upon the subject are of the
opinion that they were real locusts."
The locust used to be very common
food in eastern countries, and are still
eaten in many localities in the orient
By other authorities, however, 1t is
contended that the "Salvim" used by
the writer of the Exodus means quails,
and not locusts.-N. Y. American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
Peace for Once.

81 tell you, Judson is slick chap"
laughed Silas Ryetop. "He took his
wife to Washington and kept her in
the congressional library four hours"
What did he do that for?" asked
Hiram Hardapple.
why, begosh, they fine you If you
talk in that building, and for four
hours she didn't speak a word"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Story of the Great Gathering Told
by a Master Pen.
incidents and SideIights-Picture of the Nomination
of Secretary Taft-The Old Politician Talks of
Politics of Yesterday and To-Day.


Chicago.-A national convention is
all over but the shouting, when
the presidential nomination is made.
1t is for that that the delegates assem-
BILE. High-browed men wrangle over
party platform planks, and fight it out
among themselves as to who shall
be forced to accept the vice-presiden-
tial place, but in all of these things
the general public has but little inter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
canada's Extensive Fisheries.

The fisheries of Canada are tire most
extensive of the world. The eastern
sea coast of the maritime provinces
from the Bay of Fundy to the Straits
of Belle Isle covers distance of $500
miles, more than double that of Great
Britain and Ireland, and the salt water
inshore area, not considering minor in.
dentations nor the great lakes of the
west, covers more than $500 square
miles
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

Starch, like everything else, is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
business Amounts to Sometime.

Last year Brazil needed over 100000
900 jute bags to hold the years coffee
production Each bag costs the ship
pers trife over Is cents. The busi-
ness of making coffee bags thus
amounted last year to nearly $4,000
600.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
Present Giving Worse Than Tipping

The trend of the times makes itself
felt in the matter of presents and
present giving. In the days of our
grandmothers these tokens of affection
were few and far between and were
marked by stern simplicity. But we
have changed all that, and the up-to-
date riot of presents means deadly
drain on our bank balances.
The tipping tax is bad enough, but
the burden of countless presents can
give it points and beating.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

the urine. My wife and / have both
used Doan's Kidney Pills for what doc
tors diagnosed as advanced kidney
troubles, and both of us have been
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

from his heart and not from his lips.
and what he said fell upon his hear
ers' hearts and not upon their ears.
The great crowd knew that it was find
ing it's voice. 1t was an American
citizen speaking to Americans Of the
problems in the American heart. 1t
was deep speaking with deep.
And the waves lulled and were quiet.
And then, not while he was at a eli
max, but as the man before them was
reaching deeper and deeper into the
soul of the place and the occasion, the
sibilant lisp of the crowd hushed, and
in the great silence the man spoke,
simply and strongly and without ora
torical flourish or emphasis. HE has
enforced the laws as he found them,
and so he is the best abused and most
popular man in America"
1t was not much of tribute. But
wave of sincere feeling swept over
the quiet tide of humanity. 1t was not
a strong wave-not much stronger
than the first wave that came rolling
in. But another wave followed it, and
another higher and stronger came af-
ter it. The speaker, who did not rea-
lie what was about to come, put out
his hand to beg silence, but huge
wave of applause came over him, and
he ducked and backed off good-na-
turedly and let the wind of emotion
play as it would across the restless
sea before him.
At Flood Tide.
In another minute, perhaps two, Sen
ator Lodge rose again to face the ris
ing tide, but it rolled in on him with
great roar, and men knew/that the
storm of applause had come which
Theodore Roosevelt's work as an
American citizen had conjured. So
they let it rage, and for nearly an hour
the waves of that storm broke and
roared in that place.
Then the crowd, in that hour of Joy,
gathered individuals in and they
ceased to be individuals and became
the crowd. At times the delegates
were swept off their feet. State after
state rose, like black pillows on the
| face of the waters, and cheered and
waved pennants ana sank to equilibri-
UNI only to ruffle up again and cheer
with the crowd. No state was able to
keep its mooring And in the tumult
and the shouting there were no re-
dictionaries. New York was as bois-
ferrous as Wisconsin, and Kansas
joined Pennsylvania.
Roosevelt, Roosevelt, four years
more" they roared, and the cry
skinned over the waves of applause
like gull, and like gull it was evan
scent. 1t signified nothing. And then
slowly, when the deep answered deep,
the calm came and the speaker went
on with his speaking.
1t was all so simply and so natur-
ally done, all so evidently sincere,
without claque or Encouragement,
that there was in it's undercurrent an
element of sadness. For it seemed a
dore Roosevelt, and those who have
feared him feared him no more, and
those who have trusted him were hap.
py, but rather sad than joyful.
Once the big show-the presidential
nomination-was over, the remainder
of the work of the convention, the Sc.
lection of a running mate for Secre-
tary Taft, was completed in short
order on Friday morning when Hon.
James S. Sherman of New York was
named for second place on the ticket.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
Copyright 1908, by Geo. Matthew Adams.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

a pioneer of Colo
RADIO, now living at
21S East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb,.
says: Il had such
pains In my back
for a long time that
/ could not turn in
bed, and at times
there was an almost
total cfoppooo -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
lnnortant "a Nnotbare

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signature ofIzzAZzzu
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
VETERAN OF, THREE WARS.
A Pioneer Of Colorado and Nebraska.

Matthias Campbell, veteran of the
Civil War and two Indian wars and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
Is Now for Taft.

/ can say for Mr.. Handy to-day that
he is an ardent supporter of the Sec
rotary of war for president, and pro-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25
A Roosevelt Convention.

For that convention was for Roose-
welt policies only when 1t had them
in the regular order and the authen-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

reiterated Mr.. Handy-'the man who
i refer to Hon. ]. G. Cannon of Dan
vile, III.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
NEWSPAPER TROUBLES.

Newspapers throughout the eoun-
try, in order to meet the increase:
cost Of white paper-coming. as it
does, at a most inopportuno time
are advancing subscriptions OF adver-
tising rates. Hundreds Of weekly pa
pers have advanced their subscription
rates, while many dailies have advanc-
ed their prices for subscription or ad-
vertising.
White paper has jumped 20 pei
cent. in the last few months. Thi,
advance comes on top of other adj
vances made during the past two
years. The manufacturers claim these
advances have been made necessary
by the increased cost Of ]Nbor and
raw materials. We do not believe
these advances are justified but our
opinion does not weigh with the pa
per makers. Congress gives no signs
Of reducing the tariff on wood pulp
and other materials that enter into
paper making, and the newspapers
must mus make up the deficiency by either
making patrons pay more for the
papers or advancing the advertising
rates.
g The increased cost Of paper puts y
very heavy burden upon tho news
papers, and it is only right that theii
patrons should share some of>the ad-
ditionai cost. The fact is, there is no
industry in American that yields such
small returns, capital, energy and III
telligence in management and publica-
ton considered.-Nashville, Tenn,
American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
Millionaires in Congress.

Washington, Special. = According
to Washington statistican, the Unit
cd States Senate now has 81 mil
lionaies, representing capital Of
s21O, 100000, and the House IA men
in the millionaire class, with fortunes
aggregating $4,000, 900. Simon Gug-
genheim heads the list Of millionaire
Senators, with $6O,0OO,OOO. Senate
Isaac Stephenson Of Wisconsin pos
scsses fortune estimated at half
that sum, and Senator Stephen B.
Elkins, of West Virginia, is close
third, with $25,oOO,OOO. Representa-
tive John A. Andrus, of New York,
is the rich man of the house, his
"pile" being given as $35 5,000,0C0. :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
News Notes From Chester.

Chester, Specialize annual meet
ing of stockholders Of the Chester
Telephone company wss held on the
10Th. The report Of the president,
DR.. G. B, White, ahowed that during
the year the system mad been very
considerably improved. A slight raise
was made on rates go as to meet the
expense to be incurred by changing
tho system to the double circuit, rem
dered necessary by the coming Of the
Southern Power company in the next
six or eight months. There was some
discussion on the matter of long dis
tance service, but no definite action
was taken, leaving the matter largely
to the discretion of individual pat
ronS..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
THE DOCTORS GIFT
Food Worth its Weight in Gold.

we usually expect the doctor to
put rs on some kind of penance and
give MS bitter medicines.
A Penn. doctor brought a patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly Interesting.
1.-TWO years ago." writes this pa
tient, II was frequent victim Of
acute Indigestion and biliousness. be-
ing allowed to eat very few things.
One day our family doctor brought
me a sma,, package, saying he had
found something for me to eat, at
last.
He said It was food called
Grape-Nuts, and even as fits golden
color might suggest. It was worth its
weight in gold. was sick and tired,
trying one thing after another to no
avail, but at last consented to try this
new food.
well! It surpassed my doctors
fondest anticipation. and every day
since then I have blessed the good
doctor and the inventor of Grape
Nuts.
~ noticed improvement at once,
and In a months time my former
spells OF indigestion had disappeared.
In two months ! felt like q new man.
My brain was much clearer and keen
er. my body took on the vitality of
youth. and this condition has contin-
ned"
There's q ReasoD." Name given
BY Postum Coz, Battle cfsek, Mich.
Read "Tbs Read 10 wsilsilis." In
pkss.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
ROLLING UMBRELLA.

'cwhy is It," asked an inqutsitive
customer in an umbrella shop, tna'
one can never roll up an umbrella
as compaotly and neatly as 1t is rolled
when he buys it,"
~If you have noticed, nearly every
body who rolls up an umbrella takes
bold of it by the handle and keeps
twisting the stick with one hand.
while he folds and rolls with the
other.
"Now, that's just where the mistake
Genes in. Instead Of twisting with
the handle he should take hold OF II
just above the points OF the cover
ribs. These points naturally lie even.
;ly round the stick. Keep hold OF
tnese, pressing them tightly against
The stick, and then roll up the cover.
Holding the ribs prevents them from
getting twisted out of place or bend.
.jpg out of shape. Then the silk will
fold evenly and roll smoothly and
tightly."-New Haven Register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
Prisoners Nearly Escape.

Chester, Special.-Two negro pris-
oners, Frank Green ard Will Davis,
came very near making their escape
from the county Jail Tuesday night.
In some way they managed to get out
IF the cage in which they were locked
for the night, and making their way
to the wall of the building they quick.
ly dug hole through the brick being
aided by the fact that they had prev
iously burned away the heavy plank
on the interior. Fortunately Mr.
David Pe>ien heard the unusual signs
Of activity on the floor above, and
the prisoners were quickly placed
back.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
Attempt to Sell War Secrets.

New York, Specialize Federal
authorities, of Brooklyn reluctantly
admitted that the arrest Of Heinrich
Esser, on charges Of attempting TO
sell United States war secrets to Ger
many, is directly due to the German
authorities. The latter notified the
German consul in New York, who in
turn communicated with the police.
Together with the tip came an asSur-
anee from Germany that under no cir
cumstauces would that government
take advantage Of such offers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
Mail Carrier Found Unconscious.

Lancaster, Special.-Mr. E. D. Till
man, carrier on R. F. d. No. l, was
found unconscious at 8 p. m. Thurs.
day afternoon at mail box ten miles
north of this place. 1t is supposed
he was in that condition about an
hour before being found. He never
regained consciousness and died that
evening at 7 p. m. at the residence OF
Mrs. Mary Steele where he had been
carried. Mr.. Tillman was about 5S
years Of age and was son of the late
John Lee Tillman of the Van Wyck
section. He had been carrier on this
route since its establishment. Death
is supposed to have been due to apo
plexy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
TEN JUDGMENTS GIVEN
Dispensary Commission Making Good
Headway In Investigation.

he2oWay IN lnVeStlgaIlon.
Columbia, Special.-At Thursdays
session Of the dispensary commission
10 orders of judgment in the cases
Of whiskey houses having claims
against the former State dispensary
were filed. In every one of these
cases the decree of the commission
has been accepted by representatives
Of the houses interested. The claims
presented in which judgments were
rendered aggregated s136.935.GS, Of
which total amount s22,16S.95 was
deducted by the commission as over
charges, representing the basis of re-
bate payments. The DEGREES of the
commission in these cases authorize
the payment of each Of the several
claims less the amount of overcharses
saving being made to the State
Of about 1712. per cent. of, the total
amount of the claims.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
No Further Trouble in Lower Louis
lana.

Kentwood, La, Specialize mill
tia, which arrived here last week to
protect italian laborers, left Tuesday
Local authorities believe they will be
able to preserve order without aid
from the militia. Two more arrests
were made of men suspected of i'm
plication in the threats to dynamite
italian lumber employees, whose ac-
ceptance of cut in wages was the
cause of the disturbance last week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
TWO LYNGHED in GEORGIA

Georgians Avenge the Murder Of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Hart-Lynching
Party, Wearing Masks, Takes Pyis-
oners From County Jail and After
Hanging Them to a Trea, Burns
Their Bodies.
Hawkinsyille, Ga, special.-Two
negroes, Curry Robertson and John
Henry, were lynched Thursday near
here and their bodies burned. They
we're charged with the murder Of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Hart.
One of the negroes confessed to the
crime and said the motive was rob-
berry. Robertson and Henry were ar
rested Wednesday following the dis
covery of the body Of Warren Hart.
His wife .-as lying nearby in dy-
ing condition. The murders took
place near Frazier, the home of the
Harts.
Mr.. Hart had been killed as the re-
suit of a blow on the head, appar-
sntly made BY an axe. Mrs. Hart was
seriously beaten and was found un-
conscious. She died Wednesday night
without having recovered conscious
ness.
Thursday the negroes were quietly
taken from the county Jail and car
ried some distance from the town,
where they were hanged to q tree.
The lynching party consisted Of a
number Of men who concealen their
identity with masks. After the hang
ing the bodies were cut down and in-
einerated. After this the posse quiet
ly dispersed. There is no announce
ment in the district as a result Of
the lynching.
The crime Of which the negroes
were accused was committed just at
daylight Wednesday, when some one
attacked Hart as he went from his
house to feed his stock. His head
was crushed. The murderers then
went to the kitchen. of the Hart home
where Mrs. Hart was preparing
breakfast and attae kcd her with an
axe, leaving her for dead.
Mrs. Hart was toaad on the floor
with fork in he: and and the
breakfast which she aed cooked burn
ed to a crisp. She lied late that
night.
The purpose Of the assault is be-
Ieved to have been robbery, as the
Harts were known to have about ST.
300 in the house. The murderers did
not get the money. News Of the muir
der spread quickly through The sec
ton, and in the vicinity Of Empire, a
village near the secene Of the murder,
there was the most intense excite
nent.
Over thousand persons gathered,
among them the friends of the aged
couple, who imediately formed a
posse, secured dogs and began a
search. Within a short time two NO.
groes were arrested and =
for safe =
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
Large Coal Docks to Be Built.

Spartanburg, Special--It is now al
most practically assured that the
Clinch6eld Coal Company, owners of
vast coal fields in Virginia, will de-
eide to erect large coal docks in this
city and make this point the distri-
buting point of the company. The
company will keep something like
from 100000 to 100000 tons of coal
continually on hand SO as to furnish
large consumers of coal on short no
tice. The establishment of the coal
docks in Spartanburg will give en-
ployment to large number of labor
ers and big office force.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
For Public Education.

Jacksonville, Special.--The South
Eastern District of County Superin-
tendents will meet here Thursday and
Friday, March IL and 13. An inter-
esting program has been arranged for
the occasion, including all address by
State Superintendent j. Y. Joyner.
This will be delivered on Thursday.
Other speakers include Superinten-
dents Thompson, of 0nslow; Howard,
of Lenoir; Brimson, Of Craven; ;
Wooten, of Columbus; Utley, of Pen
der; Atkinson, of Wayne; Deb:um.
of Greene, and Ezzell, of Harnett.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-03-11
Employees May Ask Arbitration.

Roanoke, Va, special.-It was
stated that some of the employees OF
the Norfolk & Western railway are
inclined to favor submitting the cues.
ton of proposed wage reduction to
the interstate commerce commission
provided no agreement can otherwise
be reached between the employees and
he officials.