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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-12-19

the Perfection Electric Switch Com
pany but his success had not been
entirely satisfactory to himself. With
all his quiet force, the superinten.
dent was a very human young man.
He had hoped to gain the complete
confidence OF the men and women
under him. II was respect he won't
ed rather than fear.
The lax, easy going regime of the
FORMER superintendent had made that
careless individual very popular with
the factory hands. They had GIven
him all sorts of presents on his birth
days and at Christmas time, The
day his resignation oh, euph0nlc
.arml-had gone into effect they had
presented him with an ornate watch
charm, and when. red In the face and
embarrassed he had tried 10 stammer
his thanks. they had cheered him
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-12-19
They Sleep Head Downward.

The butterfly, like the bat, invarl.
ably goes TO sleep head downward
It's eyes looking straight down the
stem Of the grass on which II rests
II folds its wings TO the utmost, and
thus wraps its body from the cold
Home Notes.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-12-19

glasses. "Our Mr.. Crawford" as he
was always called by the general man.
ager OF the Perfection Electric Switch
Company, had been transferred from
his place as foreman OF the wiring
department 10 be superintendent Of
the factory at time when an iron
hand was needed TO remedy the mis-
chief which the lax methods and gen
eral ineficiency OF his departing pre-
Hecessor had created.
II was a difficult problem OF reor-
ganizatlon that he had been called
upon to face, but time had proved
that the general managers faith-,he
had stOutly advocated Crawford
against the firms opposition-had
not been misplaced. The new super
intendent had entered upon his duties
quietly, unassumingly, but with
tenacity OF purpose and an unrolent-
ing energy that bent all things n
his will. Three Of the best years OF
his life he gave unhesltatlngly and
uncomplainingly to the work before
him. At the end of that time the
factory was running with a smooth.
ness that took several wrinkles ont
OF the general managers brow and
made the firm think seriously Of in
creasing the plant.
! "Our Mr. Crawford"-the flrrn
spoke Of him proudly in this manner
now-had made himself necessary to
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-12-19

I
shake his hand. Powell had undoubt-
edly been popular with his employees,
but his popularity had been gained
at the expense OF results in the out
put OF the factory.
Under the new superintendent the
output was satsfactory-and more.
The question that continually pre-
scented itself to the young mans trou-
bled mind was whether, in the inter
csts OF the firm he had not been too
harsh with the employees. In eradi-
eating the evils Jim Powell had
wrought he had found It necessary
TO calculate in cold-blooded fashion,
to be ready with blame and chary Of
praise. The result was inevitable.
While the profits grew steadily Craw-
ford realized that Il was because OF
dis ceaseless vigilance and the firm
ness with which he held the employees
at work. ~
There were timcs-when he was
tired, specially-when it seemed to
him that he had merely developed
into a successful slave driver.
Sometimes at 6 O'clock, when the
big gong had sounded, he would sit
by the time-machine and watch the
men file down the stairs. He would
have given much II here and there
In the long line a face had been lift
ed 10 his with a nod or a compre-
hending smile, but the hands rang
in their time in sullen silence. His
very presence seemed to chill their
spirits, and when one Of them looked
at him 1t was either with bitterness
or blank stare.
Meanwhile the Perfection Electric
Switch Company proEpered amazing
L., and at the same time the super
intendent grew a little more etoop-
shouldered, a little more reserved, a
little more heavy OF cye.
In November OF che third year II
happened that "Ou- Mr. Crawford"
was taken sick At tSe time he was
putting forth strenuous efforts to
have an increase OF ray for the en-
ployes, In consequence of which he
was at the office several days when
he should have been in bed. He
wanted the hands to understand that
their work had been appreciated. and
although he had TO grind his teeth
to keep from crying out With the
pain he went daily to tho ONCE and
argued with the general manager and
the members OF the firm.
The firm was obdurate, II was de-
cided finally that, In view OF the ex-
tensive additions that were to be
made to the plant the increase could
not be granted for another year. Sick
at heart and racked with pain tho
staggered TO his apart
ments in the gray November dusk,
went TO bed and sent for q doctor.
The physician came, chidCd the young
man for his carelessness OF his health
and said a slight operation would be
necessary the next day.
The operation was successful, and
the physician assured the anxious
general manager that che patient
would be at the factory In couple
Of weeks. But the physician had not
reckoned on many things weaci-
ness OF mind and body IN his patient.
the bitterness OF his recent failure
10 induce the firm to increase the pay
of the hands, and the dragging load
inder which he had struggled silent
y for the past three years.
The wound caused by the opera.
ion healed rapidly. but with the heal.
ng came no strength. Crawford sat
laily propped up in a chair by the
listless and unlnterested In
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-12-19
IHEARTENING THE SUPERINTENDENT
.MgGN opp RIcHARD BARKER SHELTON-%M
N%S10sA&A

HE superintendent was a
tall, thin young man,
with slightly STOPPING
shoulders and near-sight-
ed eyes which peered
keenly through the
heavy lenses Of his eve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31

dress skirts up to S. values, at just
half, $3.50, Saturday at-McCabe's.
It's the judgment of many smokers
that Lewis Single Binder cent cigar
equals in quality the best 10 cent cigar.
If you want to reduce your ash pile
and get more heat, burn LaSalle Third
vein coal. sold only by Mueller Lum
Der company.
Pork tenderloin, beef lard, spare ribs,
neck bones, pork trimmings, dressed
pigs feet, hearts and livers at H. Tire
mann's Sons.
Just received another carload of cat
tie and hogs which will be slaughtered,
at once for the trade. Remember us
for low prices on meats. Schroeder's
markets.
Masquerade ball at Woodman hall,
South Rock Island, Saturday, Feb. /,
given by Watch Tower camp. Foul
prizes. Admission 80 cents a couple;
extra ladies, 10 cents.
The Junior association of the Broad
way church will hold a social in the
Sunday school room this evening at
$50 p. m. A short pragram of music
and readings, with light refreshments
No charge for admission.
As an additional feature of the Y.
NJ. c. A. public reception tomorrow
evening, arrangements have been
made to exhibit moving pictures show
ing scenes in the Yellowstone National
park. Miss Florence Andrews will
also give a vocal solo, accompanied by
Miss Agnes Schillinger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
New York Stscke.

New York, Jan. 31.-Following are
the quotations on the market today:
Gas IS. u. P. 1227s, U. S. Steel pre-
ferred 927s. L. S. Steel common ISIS
Reading 103, Rock Island preferred q,
Rock Island common 1874, Southern
Pacific 741a, n. Y. Central 81, Missouri
Pacific 1874, Shelters 677s, c. F. l.
1874, Canadian Pacific ISL, Penna
1127s, Erie 1914, C. & o. 295s, B. R.
T. 465s, B. & o. 81, Atchison 1874, Lo-
connective 37%, Sugar 114H, st. Paul
1872, Copper 50, Republic Steel COM
mon 1873, Southern Ry. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31

and SIS overcoats now 1895. Gustaf-
son & Hayes
Fresh dressed turkeys and chickens
at H. Tremann's Sons.
Attend the CLEARING shoe sale at the
Island City Shoe store.
Bulk and canned oysters and celery
at H. Tremann's Sons.
$3.50 per ton delivered for three-inch
Silver Creek at Mueller's only.
Good strong high back oak rockers,
9S cents Saturday at McCabes
Mems and ladies' $3.50 shoes now
$3.50 at Island City Shoe store.
Absolutely pure maple syrup in large
and small bottles at Battles & Co.
Let Krell & Siemon do your furnace
and tin work; 1916 Third avenue.
All overcoats worth from $12 to SIS
now 1895 at Gustafson & Hayes.
Nicely dressed turkeys and chickens
at Coleman's, 1913 Second avenue.
S. per ton delivered in two-ton lots,
for four-inch Silver Creek at Mueller's
only.
Michigan celery and full line of
fresh vegetables at Clement & Died
rich's.
Those fine Hummer chocolates i
cents pound again Saturday at Nc
Cabe's
Misses and children's ALASKA rub.
bers 40 and SO cents Saturday at Nc
Cabe's.
H. K. Walker has a bargain in a
Nineteenth street property. See elias
sifed ad.
Best standard indigo prints cents
yard Saturday at O'Clock at Nc
Cabes.
l defy you 10 beat my prices on al
kinds of stoves. Jones, the second
hand man.
Genuine Pocahontas and high grade
Springfield coal dump, egg or nut al
McKowns.
The best canned goods-undisputed
F., leader-Lyndon brand, at Clement G
+, Diedrich's.
Don't SILVER yourself into sickness
take your small change to Jones ant
get stove.
| Special suit sale suits worth from
slG.50 UP to $50. now s13.49, at Gus
tafson & Hayes.
Those IS cent Scotch wasting fan
nels at just half, 19 cents yard, at 2:3'
Saturday at McCabe's.
A cup of coffee, a bit of sausage
and Mrs. Austin's buckwheat cake
, is breakfast fit for a king.
Good old fashioned cakes are mad
from Mrs. Austin's buckwheat flou
Fresh goods now at your grocers.
J, Full pleated Panama and broadclot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
Ribs.
6.25

January, GAO, -, -, 6.25.
May, $50, $50, 6.52, 6.55.
Receipts today: Wheat, %; corn,
$40; oats. 119; hogs, $4,000; cattle,
10000; sheep, 5000.
Estimated receipts Saturday:
Wheat, II; corn, 504; oats, 176.
Hog market opened strong to cents
higher. Hogs left over. 5000. Light.
s4.05 @4.37; mixed and butchers, s415
@4.45; good heavy. s4.15@447; rough
heavy, S415@4.25.
Cattle market opened steady,
Sheep market opened steady
Omaha-Hogs. 5000; cattle, 700.
Kansas City-Hogs, 10000; cattle,
1000.
Hog market closed strong to 10 cents
higher. Mixed and butchers, s4100
4x45;, pigs, s4.2o@i55; rough heavy
$4,000 4.30. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
GETTING IN CLOSER TOUCH
Muscatine Telephone Company Build
ing Into Drury Township.

The MISSISSIPPI Valley Telephone
company with headquarters at Musca-
tine is extending its lines over the
high bridge to connect with the mutual
lines of Drugy township. 1t is pro-
posed TO place trunk lines from Mus
catine TO Illinois City and to Eliza.
The result viii be greatly improved
service. The poles are being erected
now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, Jan. 51.pFollowing are the
market quotations today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31

Cattle market closed steady. Beeves,
S3.60@6.10; COWS and heifers, S1.70@
AGO; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.60
Northwestern receipts. Minneapolis
To-day, III; last week 1879: last year
1G3 Duluth-Today, AS; last week,
ca: last year, 81.
Clearances wheat and flour, f49 900;
corn, 273,00O; oats, 1850.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
CITY CHAT.

Leaf lard at Gilmore's.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
Dressed poultry at Schroeder's.
Me to Jones for cheap stove.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Shoe sale. Island City Shoe store.
Fresh potato chips at Battles & Co.
For bus or express, Spencer G. Trefz.
Special prices on coal at McKown's.
Brookfield sausage at H. R. Battles
& Co.
Sealshipt oysters at H. R. Battles
& Co.
So per ton for mixed coal at Muel-
ler's only.
Fresh cottage cheese at H. R. Bat
ties & Co.
New York selects at Battles G Co,
tomorrow.
Pork cuts of all kinds cheap at
-Schroeder's.
Fresh dressed turkeys and chickens
at Schroeder's.
Rare shoe bargains at the Island
City Shoe store.
Mueller's will have a car of LaSalle
big chunks in tonight.
Mems and ladies' 81 shoes now $3.50.
Island City Shoe store.
$3.50. SIS and $50 suits now $13.49
at Gustafson & Hayes.
Pork, pork, ~all kinds of pork cheap
at Fl. Tremann's Sons.
Special overcoat sale, all s12, $3.50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31

per pound, &c to Sc; turkeys per pound
13c; geese per pound &c to Sc.
Butter-Dairy, &c to 24c.
Lard-10c.
Vegetables - Potatoes, soc; oricns,
75c.
Live Stock.
Hogs-$3.75 to $425.
Sheep-Yearling or over, $500 to
$500; lambs, $3.50 to $6.75.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 TO $3.50; cows
and heifers $500 to $500; calves, $500
to $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
Heads History Society.

Springfield. H., Jan. 31.-GeneNal
Alfred Orendorff of this city was
elected president of the Illinois State
Historical society at the annual meet
ing here yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
Jan. 81 In btetcry.

1I52-Gouverneur Morris. statesman. born
at Morrisnnia, N. Y: died there iSl6
1SS0-Hon. James Gillespie Blaine born at
West Brownsville. Pa; died In Wash
ington Jan. e. 1893
1S95-Judge Ebenezer lockwood Hoar. dis
tnguished juriSt. died at Concord,
Mass: born 1876
19O5-Czar Nicholas granted audience to
delegations of Russian workmen and
promised reforms In their interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
Saloon Notice,

Spareribs and sauerkraut at Joe
Parker's Saturday, 1880 Fourth avenue.
Clam chowder at Deisenroth's place,
1901 Fourth avenue, Saturday night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island, Jan. 31.-Following are
the wholesale quotations on the market
today:
Provisions and Producs.
Eggs-Fresh, 23c.
Live Poultry Spring chickens, Sc
per pound; hens, per pound, &c; ducks,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
THE w EATHER.

Heavy snow tonight and possibly
saturday; colder tonight. with lowest
temperature between 10 and ID degrees
above; cold wnve saturday; high east
erIy winds, shifting to northwest.
J. Nj. sHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Temperature mt q. M, 2s; at $3.50
y. M, "a. Maximum temperature I'm "a
hours, 20; minimum, -. Precipitation
In "a hours prior to n. M, .0S inch.
River, frozen. Velocity of wind at =
n. M, Is miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
Live Stock.
SPECIAL SALE.

At the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Company, 323 Twentieth Street.
Your choice with q 50-Cent purchase
of tea, coffee, spices, extracts or bak-
ing powder of the following: Satur-
day, Feb. /, 5-quart Berlin sauce pot
or set of crooks.
THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
TEA COMPANY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-31
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS:

Tonight and Tomorrow Morning.
Sun sets. SIP; rises. 1905. Moon rises,
SAP. Moons age. % days, Midnight. 81
days gone; 335 to follow, In this year.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
MR.. HENRY LEES IS
ON HIS ANNUAL VISIT
Speaks in Highest Terms of Win
chester's Development in
Past Year.

Mr.. Henry Lees, Of Plymouth, Pa,
is here on his annual visit. Mr..
Lees is general manager and a large
stakeholder in the Winchester Rail :
way, Light and Ice Company He
is president of the Mt. Sterling Water
and Light Company, also presideng
of the Wilmington, (Ohio), Light and
Water Company.
Mr.. Lees speaks in the highest
terms of Mr.. w. P. Hackett, the man.
ager for his company here.
1t was by the direction of Mr.
Lees that the extensive improvements
have been made. Among other
things, a three hundred and fifty
horse power engine: the largest in the
State.
Mr.. Lees because of his interests
IN other cities is a competent judge
of commercial progress. He speaks
IF Winchester's development during
the past year as phenomenal.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
COCHRAN ADDRESSES
CATHOLIC CONGRESS
Missionary Meeting Closes After
Successful Session.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Tke first Cath
Ollie missionary congress, which con-
vened in this city last Sunday with
1900 delegates, including the major
ity of the distinguished leaders OF
the church, both clerical and lay. in
the country, closed with a mass
meeting, the feature of which was a
stirring address by w. Bourke Cock
ran of New York.
On every hand were heard express
sions of satisfaction at the work of
the congress in outlining new mis-
sionary movement, designed in par
ticular to perpetuate the Catholicism
of immigrants from Catholic coun-
tries and to send priests to sparsely
settled districts. In the end it is the
purpose of the congress that the
church in America shall support mis-
sionaries in foreign lands.
A message of thanks was sent to
the pope at Rome and another pre-
scented to Archbishop Falconio for
the encouragement given the meet
ing. In addition to Mr.. Cochran, the
mass meeting was addressed by
Archbishop Quigley Of Chicago and
Bishop Donohue of Wheeling, w. Va
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19

ings on the part of INSCRIPTIONS
counsel intended to cheat justice Of
her plain due; partly because our
lawmakers afford almost infinite IA
cilities for review of judicial action
for criminals, although being very
stingy in allowing them TO the gov
eminent; but mainly because our
laws show little sense of the value to
society Of G speedy administration of
justice"
"A principal cause of this failure,
to my mind" he continued, '@is it's
anxiety to guard against q danger
which was once very serious, but
which has now become almost Chi
merical, the danger lest men really
innocent be convicted of crime."> He
asserted that 'the risk that any man
trying in good faith to obey the law
shall be punished as a criminal is al
most inconceivably small. / question
whether 1t is one-hundredth part as
great as the risk he runs of being
killed or MANNED by an automobile"
He expressed the opinion, however,
that he would not have the law so
changed as to remove any substan-
tial safeguard 20 true innocence
which 1t now affords. He declared
himself in favor of grand juries and
of the law that prevents a man, once
fairly tried for a crime and either
convicted or acquitted, from being
brought to trial again for the same
offense. He declared that lone of the
most enlightened changes made by
modern statutes in the rules of evil
dence permits the accused to testify
In his own behalf"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
Transfers OBJECT.
TO Recommendation
Refuse to Be BOssed by Brewery
Workers.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 19-Practically
the entire time of both sessions of
the convention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor were devoted to
listening to the report of the COM
mittee on adjustments.
In the case of the dispute between
the brewery workers and the steam
engineers, the committee reported
that an agreement had been reached
between the two unions. The discuc-
sion of the contest between the brew
ers and the teamsters' union caused
one of the most extended. debates of
the day. The committee recommend
ed that the brewery workers have
sole jurisdiction over the teamsters
working in the breweries
d. ]. Tobin, president of the team
sters' union, denounced the recon-
mendation and declared in effect that
the teamsters would withdraw from
the federation if it prevailed. This
matter was referred to the executive
council. The report of the commit
tee as a whole was then adopted.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
new TRAIN SCEDULE
ON |. & n. LINE
Train That Now Reaches Here at
I:45 to Arrive at 1905
in Morning.

Beginning November 81, new
passenger train service will be in
augurated on the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad between Cincinnati and
Atlanta that will slightly effect the
schedule that is now in vogue on
that road in this city.
The new train will start from Gin
cinnati and will only stop at Cow
ington, Cynthiana, Paris Winches-
ter, Richmond, Corbin, Knoxville and
Atlanta. Close connections will be
made for all Florida points.
The new train South bound will ar
rive here at IL :05 a. m. and the North
bound at 5 As p. m. Both these trains
will be met at Paris by another new
train that will be run from Lexing-
ton.
The only change that will be made
in the schedule that is now in effect
here will be with the train that ar
rives here at IL As. When the new
schedule goes into effect this train
will arrive here at 10 :05 a. N.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
CRIMINAL LAWS
NEED REVISION
In Opinion of Attorney General Bon
aparte-Answers Bry-
ans Slogan.

r1Irsourg. Pa, Nov 19.-That the
American criminal law has very seri-
GUS defects, and that if the American
people wish to rule they must thor
oughly, nationally and honestly re-
cast the criminal law" was asserted
by Attorney General Charles j. Bona
parte in his address as president of
the National Municipal league before
the annual meeting of the body in
this city. His>>subject was "The
Criminal Law As a Means to Enforce
the Peoples Will"
Mr.. Bonaparte answered Mr.. Bry-
ans campaign slogan, /"Shall the Peo-
pie Ruler" by saying: Yes, if and in
so far as the people shall be in earn
est in the wish and purpose to rule"
He declared that the gravest and
least excusable deficiency in our
criminal law is found in it's endless
delays, and added that if the people
shall demand prompt and unquestion-
ing obedience to the peoples laws
and shall give to this demand an am
pie sanction in swift, sure and griev-
Gus retribution for all rebellious to
those laws, the peoples rule will be
real.
why need there be foretaste of
eternity" ne asked, between arrest
and indictment, another between in
dictment and trial and yet another
between trial and actual punish
ment?"
This he answered by declaring that
it is partly because the bench and
tolerate all kinds of dilatory, friv-
olous and often ridiculous proceed