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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-13

The prison board of trustees has or
dered the establishment OF two CON-
press plants on Sunfiower farm, tu-
bcrcu'osis' camp at the Oakley hospital,
and the building of telephone lines
from jackson to the Oakley and Ram.
kin farms. s ff. r' ~
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-13

Mississippi's congressional campaign
this year is going to be the most spir-
tied that has occurred In the Stale
within the past decade, judging from
the number of candidates who have
appeared in the field.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-13

One thousand people assembled as
the depot at Canton to greet Mr.. Bryan,
who was expected to pass there on his
return from Jackson, and a grand eva
ton and profusion Of spring flowers
awaited him, but when Mr.. Bryan
failed to appear the flowers we've dis
tributed among the passengers on The
train p.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-13

Fhe Gplf and Ship Island Railroad
Company fled for record in the Office
Of the ehaRcerJ, clerk OF Forrest county
Il 0 per cent gold mortgage on It's prop
erty in Mississippi In favor of the
Metropolitan Trust Company of New
York for 81 .OOO. 600
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
JOKES ON BRYAN.

Bryan the Evergreen by his peren-
NAL hunt for an issue that might
land him in the White House, has
suggested material for the jokesmiths
to have some fun at his expense. It
is now getting rather old to say, @oh,
I'm going to vote for Taft this year.
l can vote for Bryan any old time
A newer joke is out by which "a
man is made to say: II am going to
vote for Bryan. He told before that
II ! voted for him we would have
prosperity. Well, / voted for him
and we had prosperity"
Still another says: II am going to
vote for Taft. That Is not to say that
my children when they grow up may
not some day vote for Bryan. NY
children or my grandchildren as to
Bryan can do as they wish when the
time comes to vote"
The reason for making Bryan again
the leader of Democracy more than
likely lies in the thought that the
forlorn hope OF Democrats centres ON
four years hence when mere desire
for a change might show itself and
the results of this year will effectually
shelve the Nebraskan for all time.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
Copyright. 1908. by The New York Times Co.

pines from anarchy held in check by
military rule, and his conversion of
the Filipinos from sullen enemies
into loyal friends, his work of organ
izatioa at Panama which convinced
the world that the canal could be and
would be constructed, his admins
tration of the War Department, and
his cooperation with President
Roosevelt as one of the Presidents
most trusted associates and COUNSEL
ors. fully justify Mr.. Longworth's
characterization of Mr.. Taft as hav-
ing had greater practical experience
and a, deeper knowledge of the affairs
of the government than ever before
possessed by President of the Uni
ted States previous to his Inaugural
ton.
In electing Mr.. Taft the American
people will be choosing President
who thoroughly understands the du-
ties of the Office, and who has amply
proven his ability to perform them.
Even the opponents of the Republic
can candidate concede both his fitness
and his ability, and the only fault
they find with him Is that he Is not
willing to adopt such chimerical prop
ositions as government purchase Of
railways, compulsory guarantee of
bank deposits, or fifty per cent. limit
to business enterprise and other yag-
aries from the mint of Bryan's mental
processes. The fact that Mr.. Taft is
immune to such fallacies is one rea-
son that the American people want
him for President, and no one who
studies his history can doubt that he
will more than justify the peoples
confidence
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

stand for in the administration of the
government. believe that In act
Ing upon this view, as an American
citizen. am in harmony with the
spirit and purpose Of the founders of
our Republic, who put into the Con-
stitution that there should be mo re-
'iigious test as to qualifications to any
ONCE, or public trust under the United
States. My conviction is that the
future safety of the Nation depends
very largely upon our people heed
ing that constitutional prohibition.
Our Nation owes much In moral char
acter. craftsmanship, literature. art
and religion to those who have not
been in strict harmony with some Of
the dogmas OF the church. The days
of the inquisition are past"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
TAFTs DEVOTION TO DUTY.
Sacrificed Personal Ambition For
country's Good.
TWICE REJECTED A JusTIcEsAIp
Filipinos Needed Him and He Would
Not Desert Them Even For Seat
ON the Supreme Bench.

Mr.. Taft epitomized the organic law
OF his own life better than he realized
when he once wrote to a gutter, a
man who held his personal fears and
interests above those of the Govern
ment that had reposed In him an i'm
portant trust-the executiono Of great
work by which the national fame
would stand or fall:
I'm my view duty is an entirety,
and It Is not fulfilled until 1t is en-
tirely fulfilled
That is the best answer any one
can give to the question: what kind
of man is Taft?" And here is an
illustration that shows how Mr.. Taft
applied the rule to himself under
circumstances when. had he allowed
himself to deviate from 1t, he could
not have been held even ethically re-
sponsible for doing the thing that to
him would have been easy, instead of
cleaying to that which was hard. His
leanings and incllnations have ever
been toward the judiciary and tasks
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
CLERGY NDORsE TAFT.
Glass Him as the Highest Type Of
the Christian Gentleman.
FREQUENT HIS HEADQUARTERS
Declare He is Broad Minded and
Represents Ideals Of Best
Craftsmanship.

because he is the highest tyne Of
the Christian gentleman"
This Is the way In which heard
me pastor OF Methodist Church In
Southern Illinois end an argument
with layman on the train coming
over here from st. Louis, says the
washington correspondent OF the st,
Louis Globe-D emocrat, in a dispatch.
to his paper from Cincinnati. The
dispatch continues: The layman.
paying due respect to the cloth OF his
opponent, was trying to convince him
that ne should not support Mr.. Taft
Tor the Presidency, and instead
should vote for his Democratic on
ponent. The churchman defended
the principles OF the Republican
party. and. as indicated, defended the
man for whom he said he expected to
vote: from his personal standpoint
OF churchman. because he is the
highest type Of Christian gentle
man"
It gave me a, new idea about Mr..
Taft. 1t seemed to answer some of the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

OF judicial nature. The Supreme
Court of the United States was the
pole star of his career. 1t had been
for a quarter OF a century. since he
took counsel of his fine, keen-Nftted,
masterful mother in the days when
his nature and mind were in forma-
tive state. Twice, at least, the posi-
ton was offered, and as many times
rejected.
When the responsibility of lifting
the Philippines from the abyss and
putting the islands upon firm political
foundations was accepted by him, pro-
testing, from President Mckinley, 1t
seemed to Mr.. Taft that his aspira-
lions to the Supreme Court bench
were only deferred of realization for a
period. He was young; he could af-
ford to wait.
Justice Shiras contemplated resig-
nation In 1902. The President made
proffer of the seat to Mr.. Taft. II
urgings and requests from those in
constituted authority over us imply
positive command, the President
commanded Mr.. Taft to become a
member Of the country's highest
tribunal. The situation Just then in
the Philippines was critical. 1t is
throwing no sop to vanity or over
emphasizing condition because Of
personal admiration, but merely stat
Ing fact, to say that Mr.. Taft's de-
parture from the islands then would
inevitably have retarded the rebirth
of the islands for years. Nothing
would satisfy individual taste more
than acceptance was part of Mr..
Taft's message of declination.
But the President insisted. Before
Mr.. Taft cabled a final and effective
message of protest, Manila was afire
with meetings of expostulation
against his recall, and pleading mes
sages had been hurried to Washing
ton by every official of consequence,
white and native, In the archipelago.
Mr.. Taft took the positive stand
that he had enlisted for the war; as
they used to say during the Rebellion.
His duty in the Philippines was not
then FULFILLED In its entirety" Mr..
Roosevelt capitulated against such n
stone wall of self-effacing zeal and
earnestness, and wired, .All right.
old fellow. You may stay
With the retirement OF Justice
Brown from the Supreme Court the
President again pleaded with Mr..
TAFT to accept an appointment. The
newspapers had good deal to say
about 1t. Mr.. Taft, then Secretary of
War and still the hope anL inspira-
ton of the Filiplnos, pilgrimaged to
the home of his mother and with her
talked over the situation.
II feel that this is the last chance
! may have to go on the BENCH he
told his mother, but my work In the
department is not finished. The PHIL
ippines need me and l cannot desert
them.r
He did not desert them. NO. y
was again his response to the Presi-
dent.
What he thought of the sit ation
was revealed in a personal letter to
a friend. of which the following is a
part:
sThe chief consideration FIR my
not going on the bench ut th.s time
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
LoNsWoRIH on TAFT.
Taft Better Qualified For the Prcsi.
dcncy Than Any FORMER Prcsi-
dent Before Inauguration.

Congressman Nicholas Longworth
expressed in sentence one of the
principal grounds for electing Will
lam H. Taft to the highest Office in
the gift Of the American people when
he said that "Mr. Taft would bring to
the Presidency greater practical ex-
perience in and a deeper knowledge
OF the affairs of this government than
ever possessed before his inaugura-
ton by any President of the United
States"
The experience and knowledge OF
Mr.. Taft embrace every branch Of adj
m'nistration and include some of the
most difficult charges ever committed
10 an American statesman or to any
statesman. His rescue of the Philip
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
FIND BRYAN.
(From the Kansas City starr

(From the Kansas City starry
The question with the sincere Dem.
ocrat is this: Does Mr.. Bryan seize
new and ill-considered issues merely
to catch votes before these issues are
digested by the people, and then drop
them merely to hold enlightened
members of his party in line? An
other question naturally arises: II
Mr.. Bryan Is sincere, and II he has
dropped his old issues merely as a
matter of party expediency, would he
not take them up again II he were
elected? 1t is submitted, with due
respect to the Democratic party and
Its leader. that the great problem OF
this campaign is: Find Mr.. Bryan.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
SWOLLEN FORTUNES AND
SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS

THE Republican party" said Mr..
Bryan in a recent address, made
swollen fortunes possible"
True. The Republican party made
swollen fortunes possible, and 1t also
made possible by its policy Of protect
ing American labor and encouraging
home industries the fact that last
year there were in the United States
: S,58S,811 savings bank depositors,
with total deposits amounting to.$3,-
495,410,0S7 - three thousand and
nearly half a thousand millions of
dollars.
But for Republican policies these
savings bank depositors would have
had very little opportunity to put
aside this vast sum Of money against
the needs of sickness and old age.
1t Is but another example Of
Bryan's chicanery in public speaking
that while pointing to tho fact that
some have accumulated large fortunes
with the aid of that protection which
Republican laws have extended over
all, he makes no mention of the more
than eight and half millions who
have money in the savings banks.
It is also very likely that most or
all OF the swollen fortunes are en-
SdBSu III CdTTylu6 Ou great INDUSTRIAL
enterprises and giving labor well paid
employment. The swollen fortune"
that is represented in factory towns
and cottages inhabited by happy fam
lilies Is not by any means an evil, al
though Bryan may think 1t is.
That Is one reason fair minded
Democrats, as well as Republicans,
are disgusted with Bryan's desperate
attempts to excite class hatred by
talking about the wealthy as if they
were enemies of the less fortunate,
and by disappearing large fortunes
as II they were idle accumulations of
money. With Taft in the Presiden-
tial chair honest wealth and honest
poverty will have the same treatment
SO far as Federal laws are concerned,
and that is all that either should ask
or expect.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
WORLD BLAAiEs BRYAN.
Says He Must Have Been Familiar
With Haskcll's Record.
(From the New York World, Sep
tember 27.)

The main fault to be found with
Governor Haskell's resignation as
treasurer of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee is that 1t came q
week too late. y
Haskell should have been forced
out at once and Mr.. Bryan should
never have challenged Mr.. Roose-
welt to prove the Hearst charges or
any other charges against the Okla
homa Governor. Mr.. Bryan must
have known Haskell's record when
he assumed personal responsibility
for the man. II he did not, 1t was
because he had chosen to be "a
fugitive from information. It was
inevitable that the moment Mr..
Roosevelt succeeded in making an
issue Of Haskell's record the Demo-
cratic organization would be COM
PEELED to drop him. The attempt
to defend him was sorry political
blunder.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
DANGEROUS EQUALITY.
(From the New York Press.)

(From the New York Press.)
The good will of a banker who has
made his name synonym of safety
in his business Is a valuable asset.
But Bryan. with the same ruthless
ness that he would have repudiatec
contracts to pay 100 cents in gold.
now proposes to wipe out the good
will OF the banker. or at least serious
ly impair 1t, by giving the same stand
ing in the eyes Of the depositor to q
fiy-by-night newcomer as the banker
enjoys who has won first-class
rating in the world OF business by q
lifetime of unflagging energy and un-
wayering fidelity.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

IS the critical situation in regard to
the Philippines.
IF the tariir bin had passed at the
last session, ] should undoubtedly
have accepted, for 7 hate politics and
I dislike administrative business that
has such political side to It that
man cannot do anything of an Inn
portant character without looking
about for witnesses and evidence that
he is not a thief and has not some
corrupt motive In the transaction"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
Taft Of Everett Halle Typc.

The Bishop thought for moment,
and then continued: @On some theo-
logical points differ from both. AS
good Presbyterian, I suppose Mr..
Bryan assents to the doctrine OF d.
vine decrees,' which teach that from
all eternity 1t has been fixed who
should be saved and who should be
lost. do not so read Scriptures. Mr..
Taft, 1 understand, is one of the Ed
ward Everett Hale type, believing
that Christ was a divfnely perfect
man, whose jprecepts and life on earth
are the key to mans salvation in time
and eternity. With the church, / be-
lieve that In that perfect man dwelt
the divine nature"
Applying his discussion In practi-
cay way. Bishop Hartzell continued:
(which of these men / shall vote for
will not be decided by .heir religious
beliefs, but what they are as men, and
by the principles and policies they
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

criticisms had heard of the Repub-
ltcan candidate and his creed. In re-
cent years the Democratic candidate
has interlarded his well-paid Chau-
tauqua lectures with Sunday sermons
before religious and semi-religious
societies. 1t seems that he has made
the most of this influence in this
campaign and was curious to dis
cover, on my arrival here. whether
there was support from the church
and semi-religious elements in the
country for the Republican nominee.
Bishops Opinion Of Taft.
My arrival in this connection could
not have been better timed. AS en-
tered the office of Mr.. Taft's private
secretary Friday saw Bishop ]. G.
Hartzell, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. emerging from conference
with Mr.. Taft. The Bishop, I knew,
has episcopal supervision over the
work of his great church in Africa.
He has been SO engaged for the past
twelve years and has met and formed
the acquaintance Of many leading
men, not only in Africa, but in Europe
and America. His acquaintance and
influence withinthe Methodist Church
is second to those of few men, as he
was for fifteen years an officer Of the
society which founded and now main
tains q system of of learn
ing among both white and colored
people in the Southern States. He
came to induce Mr.. Taft to make a
speech in Chicago before a society of
which the Bishops son, Rev. NJ. G.
Hartzell, is president.
1t seemed odd to attempt to inter-
view churchman of his promince on
political question at the haadquar-
tiers of the Republican candidate, but
asked him for his view OF Mr.. Taft
and the support OF him by Christian
people. He answered very readily.
@The American people are to be
congratulated upon the fact that
whether Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bryan Is
elected President of the United
States, they will have man at the
head Of the Nation who is not only
clean in moral character, but whose
pen and speech and example are al
ways for the best ideals of our civil
izatlon, as represented in the teach
ings of the Christian church."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

Secretary Root on the Republican
Party-"The great difference between
the two parties is that in dealing with
these evils the Republican party
shows efficient performance and
proved competency, while the Demo-
critic party tenders nothing but cam
p4ign promises.n
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
COMPETITION" J

tFrom the Denver Republican,
Mr.. Bryan demands a return to
competition in everything. And,
then, Just to show how sincere he Is.
he makes the Democratic COMMITTEES
issue 100000 copies OF Bryan
speeches. to the exclusion OF every
body else.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

The whole world knows that the
Filipino problem was the toughest We
ever had to face, because unfamiliar
and OF unknown possibilities. But Il
was not too big for Taft.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

Is the bank that holds your savings
helping support Bryan, and II not.
why not?
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

Taft is the man who has done good
work. Bryan says he could do good
work II he had chance.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

President Roosevelt certainly has
o way OF smoking 'em cut
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

No man could accomplish what
Taft has accomplished, whom men
did not trust on sight.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23

Bryan started as promising young
man, and he has been promising ever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-10

spring if planted now, cheap at Long
View Floral company's greenhouses.
just received a shipment of live
fish, also all other kinds of fresh fish
at Hopkins e CO.. 2121 Fourth ave-
nue. Phone old 994.
Court of Honor S55 will hold card
party and dance Thursday evening,
April 16, at Beselin's hall. Admission
Is cents. Schieberl's orchestra.
McCabe's % preparers, makers and
finishing up the Easter hats, which
are positively promised before Easter.
Large peony roots, sure to bloom
this spring if planted now, at so cents,
worth 81. Pink, white and red Long
View Floral company. Ills Fifteenth
street.
To put fresh eggs within the reach
| Of all during the Easter period. Maucs-
jers Seventeenth Street Cash store will
sell to the retail trade at l21s cents
per dozen until Lent is over.
The ladies' of the First Methodist
church will conduct the second of
their series of pantry sales tomorrow
at Hensley's flower store on lwen-
| tiefh street. They will have for sale
all kinds of pantry supplies.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Cen.
trial Presbyterian church will hold
their annual utility sale; also cakes,
cookies. rolls and doughnuts at the
home of Mrs. H. c. Connolly, 1900
Second avenue, Saturday, April II, at
2 p. m.
| The Davenport Nursery company
offers for spring planting large and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-10

Moline to 201S Fifth avenue, Rock
Island
Fine assortment of apples, most any
thing. at % cents per peck at Clement
e Diedrichs.
Now comes Rock Islands greatest
shoe inducements. See McCabes an
nouncement
Mill ends of 3G-inch long cloth, spe-
Icial Saturday, yard, 10 cents. Young
& McCombs.
John B. Stetson Easter hats in all
The new shapes and shades. Gustaf-
son & Hayes.
32-inch white madras waistings, spe-
cial Saturday, per yard, liz cents.
Young & McCombs.
Ladies' pure Isle umbrella knit
pants, so cent quality. special SO cents
Young &, McCombs.
| Travel over the Rocl; Island bridge
was as follows: Foot, 1928: teams
,995; street cars, 2S2.
Eggs. eggs. eggs. only 1919 cents pei
uoASii tit1u aittl iIhStSi dt tHS oSNeu
teenth Street Cash store
I There is no limit to the fresh eggs
at the Seventeenth Street Cash store
for 121s cents per dozeH.
Tomatoes. corn. peas and beans
three cans for 25 cents. at the Seven
teenth Street Cash Store.
The pre-Easter supply of thost
beautiful fresh cut carnations SO cents
dozen Saturday at McCabe's.
Mill ends of 4e-inch lawn. ? to 10
yard lengths. Special Saturday, yard
H12;a cents, Young & McCombs.
Mil ends of India Hnon, to 10
!, yard lengths. yard 7ls cents. Speeia
Saturday Young g Mccombs.
II Double stamps on every pair o
shoes and all sales from McCabe''
Isfoe section all day Saturday.
DIR. Joseph DeSilva has removed hi.
office from the Bengston building Il
rooms FOG and 207 Safety building.
| Parties desiring to engage the dane
ing hall at Black Hawk inn for par
ties. may dc so now, by phoning 53s
or 54s4 or west 4s0.
II Crimson rambler roses. a few hard.
|tornamental shrubs and large clump
L.of peony roots that will bloom thi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-10

complete assortment of fruit trees,
vines, hardy towering shrubs. roses,
etc. Our prices are right and stock
guaranteed true to name. Phone 1046-Y
or send postal, and our city salesman
will call.
A rehearing has been denied in the
appellate court at Ottawa in the case
of Fraser against the Harper House
company. Mr. fraser was awarded
$3.50 damages for injury in an elevator
accident. A liability company is fight
ing the case in the name Of the hotel
, company.
The Young Womans Missionary So
ciety of, the First Methodist church
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-10

will give linen shower for the Burge
Deaconess hospital at Springfield.
Mo-, tonight at the home of Mrs. r.
b. Williams. $40 Nineteenth street
a program will be given and lunch
Will be served.
Rev. J. o. Bentall of Chicago will
deliver an address on socialism at-the
evening at o'clock. At 2:30 Sunday
afternoon he will discuss the same
subject at Turner hall. Mr.. Bentall
is one of the leading socialist orators
and thinkers of the country He is
associate editor Of the Christian So
cialist