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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

The ". c. T. T. social will be held
az Mrs. w. l. Bristols. 1873 Walnut
Thursday afternoon from 2 TO
O'Clock.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Mrs. James Nicholson of Olmsted,
and her niece Miss valeria Cooper,
LEFT Yesterday for Battle Creek. Mich,
where they will remain for a several
months sojourn for the benefit of the
latter's health, Mr. Nicholson. ac.
eompanied them as far as Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Thomas ], Smyth is recovering from
q threatened attack OF lagrippe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

David McIachlan Of n. Smyth &
Company, has been confined to his
room for sevral days by illness. !.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Mrs. II. j. Lebo, of Joncsboro. Ark,
returned home yesterday having made
q holiday VISIT here with her mothe..,
Mrs. Sarah Sproat and her sister, Mrs.
Fred e. Cox. The latter and her lit
tie sen, Fred Cox, Jr,, accompanied
her to Jonesboro for visit.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

winter In Lexington, KY, with her
brother and family, t@
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Jesse w. Gross has returned frGm a
visit to his parents. at Nashville.
Tenn. He was accompanied here by
his brother Byron w Gross, formerly
of this city, who contemplates loca-
ting here.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Miss Josephine Casey, who has
been here spending the holidays with
her parents will return to Florissanr,
Mo, Thursday to resume her studies
at convent there.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Leigh Wyman and family are re.
moving from Seventh street to TWEEN
ty-fifth street near Walnut street. The
house they vacate will DO occupied by
Frank Haberer and family formerly
OF Walnut street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Lee Reno. formerly of this city,
who is the guest of the family CT Ellis
Cox. OF Lower Washington avenue.
will return to Memphis THURSDAY.
Mrs. Reno, his mother. is spending the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Miss Jessie Perez went to Du Quoin
yesterday afternoon to attend the
wedding Ct her cousin, Miss Maude
Hatfield to Mr.. George Beck which
will be solemnized today
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Piety is never Perfunc;ory.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01

Judge and Mrs. A. ). Rsss and
daughter. Mignon have gone to Gin.
ton. Ky. TO visit relatives and 20 at
tend a New Years DAY family re-
union.
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27
PANAMA CITY. FLA, FEB. 81. 1908.
PeOnage Cases.

The peonage subject has been
brought up in Congress this past
week, and before it is ended there
will be an opportunity for the South
ern members to do some good mis-
sionary work for the South, and at
the same time lay to rest the many
injurious statements that have been
and are being sent forth to the effect
that foreigner will be held in servi-
tude if he comes here.
A leading republican paper of the
past week in reviewing this move
ment in Congress, promulgates the
most absurd and mendacious state
ments regarding the matter, sample
of which is that 5000 foreigners have
been inveigled and forced into coming
to Florida to work on the East Coast
Railway, and in turpentine camps,
and have been held in slavery here.
There are probably within hun
dred mile radius of this place, more
turpentine camps than in any other
equal territory in the South, and the
PILOT will wager $500 that in all OF
these camps, not a case of peonage
exists or ever has. And it is fair to
presume that this is a fair critic rion
to Judge this branch of business by
in this State.
The facts are no regard to the truth
is being paid by the republican party
or it's papers in this matter. Any
thing to cajole the ignorant foreign
voter into the belief that slavery fo1
him, or his brother, is being practiced
by the democrats of the South, is all
that is sought, and in this they are
receiving marked assistance by such
muck-rakers as Mrs Quackenbosh,
whose sole aim seems to be to emu
late, and attain the money value for
her publications, that Ida Tarbell has
secured.
The PILOT trusts that our represen-
tatives will continue to press this in
vestigation, and demand that the re-
publicans either prove their base as
sertions, or recant them. 1t is no
time to temporize or procastinate in
this matter. An irreparable injury
is being done the South by these false
and malicious attacks, and it is up
to its representatives to get redress
for the wrong being done.
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27

observed in this country, and it's re-
suit will probably be regarded as one
or large consequence in economic
matters"
AS the Tribune states, this is an
attitude not heretofore observed in
this country, and it is in itself most
positive evidence of the fact that
what these corporations have to sell
will remain unchanged in price in
spite of reduced cost of operation,
and of another fact that touches upon
the people at large, that it is within
their power under the present ini-
qultous tariff for them to do so. We
reproduce that portion of our article
referring to the cleaning up" done
by the these corporations, and SO far
the developments of each succeeding
week has shown the truth of the
PILOTS assertions.
when these houses of cards began
to tOpple chaos reigned supreme.
Then the vultures of high finance
began lowering over the field. A
republican cabinet officer rushed for
ward with the entire working balance
OF the treasury to the aid of these
harples. Through this unlawful and
unholy coalition between the L. S.
treasury and Wall street, the power
OF the gigantic trusts was still further
increased and their baneful influence
extended. The Z. S. Steel combine
smacked it's chops complacently as it
devoured its strongest competitor, the
L. L. q ). Co.; the Standard Oil Com
pany picked up a few competing COM
panyS; the Independent Naval Stores
industries were crushed by the same
agency; and quite a few struggling
steam and electric railway corpora
tiOns went into the NAV of insatiate
billion dollar combinations that had
done all in their power to bring about
the panic.
Many a tid-bit these grey old vul-
| lures picked up ON the field of carnage
they had so adroitly helped create,
fattening upon the necessities of many
a widow and orphan whose little all
was invested in these outside cor
porations."
The PILOT is not a muck-raker, or
antagonistic to great aggregatioDs of
capital, or combinations of railways
or other industries, but it is opposed
to such corporations rights being ex
tended beyond lawful limits, or their
encroaching upon the rights of any
private citizen, or of controlling
through their vast wealth our legis-
latures or courts. 1t does not oppose
the Millionaire as such, nor at all I'M
less he has secured such enormous
wealth unlawfully, or makes illegal
use of it
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27
Explanation Demanded.

The PILOT of Feb. 9th had an ar
ticls headed Retrospective" which
was brief review of the panic and
its effects. A recent issue of the
Starke Telegraph has the following
editorial, which, though not naming
the PILOT, bears internal evidence
that it is our article that it refers to.
The Times-Union copies Brother
Mathews editorial with the heading
"Should Explain its Explanation "
The PILOT will do so, first publishing
the Telegraph's comments.
San esteemed contemporary who
undertakes the task of explaining the
causes of the late financial panic with
a recitation of the woeful vic kedness
of predatory wealth" rather shakes
our faith in his explanation when he
cites the purchase of several COM
peting companies by the Standard
Oil Company and the crushing of the
independent naval stores business
by the same company as conclusive
evidence that the whole trouble was
prearranged by the aforesaid "preda-
tory wealth." During the panic
Standard Oil products went down in
price and naval stores went up, so
that if our contemporary is correct
we have the spectacle ofthe Standard
Oil Company crushing out competi-
ton to lower the price of what it sells
on the one hand and on the other
crushing out competition to raise
the price of product of which it is
a very large buyer. To say the least
this is confusing and our contempt
rary ought to send along an explana-
ton of its explanation. We suspect
that what lot of us don't know
about the large business concerns of
the country would fill several volumes,
but it does seem incredible to us that
men who have millions at stake
would deliberately bring about con-
dition of affairs that would depreciate
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27

Bank clearings for the month of
January reflect again large decrease
in the volume of settlements through
the banks, total exchanges for the
month, as reported by R. q. Dun &
Co., for all cities in the United States
amounting to s11 1886, 4S3, 1886, loss of
245 per cent compared with year
ago and 3O.6 compared with January,
1906. There is slight Improvement
over December, indicating somewhat
freer payments through the banks
than in the closing month of last
year. The decrease continues large
at New York City and at most eastern
centers. There is also considerable
loss at the South and at Pacific coast
points. In the central West the loss
is small, denoting marked improve
ment over December, while in the
Far West there is a gain which is
quite large compared with January,
1906.
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27
Our Heavy Exports.

There is one item of our business is
increasing under the pressure of dull
times-the export trade. Our cotton,
grain and other domestic and farm
products are going to foreign coun-
tries as never before. The January
figures are are revelation, exceeding
last December, record month, and
being several millions ahead of Jan
uary year ago. This is due par
TALLY to the demand and partly to
the press of circumstances existing
here. Our balance will be kept on
the right side abroad, as imports
show decrease in direct proportion
to the increase of exports. Prices
received are good. We are not forced
to give anything away.-Financial
Age.
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27
The fallino off in the freip

The falling off in the freight move
ment is more noticeable in the west
bound than east-bOund traffic. On
the Pennsylvania lines, the west
bound freight shows a decrease of
about 80 per cent, while the east
bound traffic shows a loss of about 10
per cent. There is a variation in
movement from day to day on all
roads which is rather unusual. On
one day considerable Improvement
will occur, while on the next there
will be a marked decline.
Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-02-27

Entered as second-class matter May 3Oth,
1907, at the post office at Panama City, Florida
under the Act Of Congress of March 8. 1879.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
EXHAUSTED SUPPLY
Of TICKETS
AGENT ELMER SMITH OF BIG
FOUR USES HIS BUSINESS
CARDS FOR NIAGARA FALLS
EXCURSION TICKETS.

Ticket Agent Elmer Smith Of tn
Union station had an unusual ex
.pcrieuce on the occasion Of the excur
sior to Niagara Fails. He sold every
ticket he had in the office to the mum
Der Of 15j and then was obliged to use
his business cards for tickets stamp.
ing TIE cards with the amount pa 4
for IS persons who left on the eXcur-
SIGN. These cards We're exchanged
mp the line at other Offices where the
agents did not sell out
The success OF the excursion viii h
was a record breaker out OF Cairo
was due TO the energetic efforts of
Ticket Agent Smith who common Oh
his work in that line three mont s
ago when the inariring public bogaI
TO cali up the office to ask about the
Niagara Falls excursion. The eNcur.
sion was thoroughly advertised by
Mr.. Smith and he had an enormous
amount OF work in connection with
the matter. Mr. Smith also succeeded
in securing an amount Of business for
the Chicago excursion recently run
by the Big Four which broke the rec.
lord for that road ON its Cairo Division
Between 600 aad zoo passengers
were on the Niagara Falls excursion
train when il reached Paris
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
BIC CROWDS At
OPERA HOUSE
THREE NEW SINGERS ATTRACT
LARGE CROWDS AND PLEASE
THEM--ATTRACTIoNS AT THE
PATHE AND THE ARCADE.

Tacre was a biz crowd at the opera
house last night when the new pro
gram Of musical numbers was given
I'm connection with the moving and
canaragraph pictures.
Danes Harrod marvellous tenor.
sang with beautiful effect two well
che en numbers one If which was the
old tayorite Then You1l Rcmemher
Ne from the bohemian Girl The
aud eucc WIS enthusiastic in its APP
nlar-cas n was when young Howard
Domh sang BIS numbers iu q rlca-
soufaro yrire. This boy bids fair 90
make Success on the stage. re
sing with sro1 understanding and
enuuciatos distinctly
Little Gretchen Klein. en- costume.
sang German songs iu GRANT man
.ucr that created the greatest interest
ar applause.
Managers Eiehenhereor and Farm
baker are giving the best attractions
e-or billed hero for the small price
OF admission asked and their enter
tainmcnts at the opera house have
been a boon 70 the stay-at-homos in
Cairo this summer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
MANY WILL CO
TO CONVENTION
cAIRolTES SHOW COMMEND.
ABLE INTEREST IN DEEP WA.
TERWAYS CONVENTION.
Commercial Statictics for City TO be
Prepdrcd-Bi Talk at CONNER
etal Clubs August
Meeting.

The directors Of the Cairo Gem
mcrcia club me, last night for eener-
al busineis Presidslt Smith pre-
sided ana there were present Secre.
tary Stuart, MessgS Pink. Becker,
Johnston Langau, and Fisher. Re-
port was made by Secretary Stuart
as to the delegates TO the Deep Water
ways convention in Chicago to the eff
feet that about thirty delegates hal
thus far indicated purpose 10 attend.
and it is expected that one or TWO
s|eepers will be required.
The publications committee John
c. Fisher chairman. was allowed 500
to be expended for advertising pur
poses, and it is understood this com
mittee will use a portion of this TO SIC
cure business statistics.
The matter of encouragement for
the Cairo and Cape Girarleau packet
submitted recently was Wnfayorably
reported upon by the committee 10
which it had been referred
The next regular monthly meeting
of the club viii take place on the 2Ith
inst. and the speakers for this coca
sion announced by Secretary stuart
are Chas 5. Carey DR. W. F, Grin
stead and Hon Miles Frederick Gil
bert
A proposition to subscribe funds to
doveloy a patent for cotton picking
machine invented by Cairoite was
referred to the proper committee.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
The Church Dinner.

Cbas. w. Bliss, of the Montgomery
News. pays bis interesting respects 10
the church dinner In the, following
and there is much truth in the latter
part of the article;
THE church dinner is one OF the
greatest fakes perpetratcd on the
American people. 1t is supposed to be
an easy way Of making barrel CT
money for the church aud when pro-
posed every lady in the church VOWS
she will make the venture a success.
"lNhen the dinner is to be pulled
off, however, about half a dozen or
possibly a dozen women rally 10 the
support of the movement and they
are expected to do all the dirty work,
while Mrs. SimpEins, who did most
of the talking when the affair was be
in planned. sits around in her Sunday
clothes and entertains the visitors
when the dinner is at an end and
it is found that the barrel of profits
looks more like pint cup of expe-
rience. Mrs. simpkins congratuates
herself ON the success of the under
taking and insists that she Is CEN
pletely worn out from the extra work
tho dinner cost her.
I'm nine ort Of every ten church
dinners the receipts would be in
creased If the raw material contrib
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
GROVER LAND IS
MAJOR Lacquer
FORMER KITTY LEAGUE PLAYER
HAS BEEN SOLD TO CLEVE
LAND CLUB is NOW AT
TOLEDO, OHIO.

A dispatch from Toledo, Ohio SAYS
Grover Land Of Frankfort Ky, for
merly Of the Kitty League, is now q
major-leaguer to be. The young Tole
do back stop was sold to the Cleye
land club by Manager Armour. and eX
poets to report to the Maps after the
American Association closes Char.
ley Somers, owner Of the Cleveland
club and Secretary Bernard were here
for the Sunday game, and after the
battle they got together with Armour
and arranged the deal Growers sale
is a part Of the deal for Charley
Pruitt and Charlie Hickman, who
were purchased from the Maps last
week
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
TAKE ACTION ON
DIRECTORY DEATH
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
ADOPTED BY FIRST BANK &
TRUST COMPANY AS MEMO
RIAL TO THE LATE Nj. C.
WRIGHT.

Al the regular meeting of the board
of directors Of the First State Bank 6
Trust Company, Cairo, Illinois. he'll
Tuesray August II, zoos. the follow,
ing resolutions were adopted:
MEMORIAL.
Whereas. il has pleased an All-Wisa
Providence to remove frcm us on tAa
sixteenth day Of July. \. u. 1905. our
good friend and fellow director
MARION c. WRIGHT
Therefore by the Board Of Directors Of
the First Bank 4 Trust Compaar
Cairo, Illinois.
Be it Resolved; That in the death
of MARION c. WRIGHT we aye de-
prived Of the valued services of a wise
and able counselor whose sterling i'm
tesFi'y and business tact We're recog
niled by all; Il genial. courteous friend
and gentleman. beloved and respected
and in whose Judgment this board has
always reposed the highest confidence
Be il further resolved: That we
hereby tender to the bereayed family
and relatives our heartfelt sympathy
and our condolences in the great loss
his death has occasioued
Be I further resolved: That these
resolutions be spread upon our records
and that a copy of the same represent
ad to the family Of our deceased friend
and published in the daily newspapers
OF the city of Cairo.
IT, f. HALLIDAY,
THOS. p. COTTER,
H. :. CANDEE.
Committee
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

An eminent man who Is a strict alb
sfaiuer from both wine aud animal
food is obliged, i'm consequence of this
enuli3riy- ro refrain from dining out.
lie eater'aius however. an occasional
kindred spirit One such was rcceatlv
ar his table You ought tO have seen
them said the eminent mans son,
n0tiue uVer boiled carrots. -Chsis-
ian Kcsister.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
BRICK PAVING
ON Bath STREET
CAIRO TRACTION CO. MUST PAY
FOR TWO TRACkS-SHADE
TREES SACRIFICED.
Board of Local Improvements Passes
Proposition-AlIows $4,000
For Street Work IN
JUlV

a meeting az the Board of Local In
urcycmcnts was hold last evening az
tho council chamber. It was an al
iouIncI meeting for the purpose of
passing further upon the ThiIt.-
fourth street pavement matter. The
matter was deferred at the prcvo9s
meeting pending action by the city
council upon the petition Of the Cairo
Traction company for permission 10
removc one OF its tracks from a Uor-
tior Of The street. n was shown that
IF the Traction company were per
mrut would not need to be so wide
ann there would be room shade trees
on either side of the street If the
track remained the pavement would
have to hc wider and the shade trees
nov there would have To come cut
AMI the space for them would be lin
tied to about two feet on either side.
Because rf protest toy citizens
against permitting the Traction ccm-
uauy 10 remove the track in question.
tn, council Tuesday night failed 10
grant the Traction company petition
hence the Board was at liberty 70 {
last night
After due consideration ehe Roarl
voted 60 report an ordinance proEid-
. ms tor the wider pavement. Of which
|fhe Cairo Traction company will he
compelled To- pay its proportion for
+ two tracks
The Board also allowed about s2'.-
ua3 10 the several contractors, fer
work done last moata The Rich Con.
lst7rciion Co. the Cairo Dredging Co.
R. L. Williams and Hsines & Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

;SOCIAL ANDPERSONAL /:


uted and used was sold at a privat
sale and the women would be r.
lieved Of the work and worry tina;
such dinners necessitates. but We sup
pose as long as time lasts the aver
age American woman will insist
that her time is worth nothing AMI
she isn't giving much when She
contributes a couple Of chickens. some
cold sIaw a few loaves Of bread, a
dozen dcyiled eggs, two cans of fruit
a chocolate cake and then calls on
her husband to cough up a dollar for
four tickets 50 that he and She ami
the two kids can eat up the stuff thcy
have contributed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
Two Anti-Crine Powers.

The best protection for any city i3
found not in the number of its police
mon but In the number of lights on its
streets. Another fact just as true.
thouah nor SO well known. is that the
creates. protection Ia society is found
not in The statute books hut in the
newspapers. No one knows the mum
hcr Of men who have refrained from
committing crimes against society
through fear of exposure in the public
rCss.-LesIits Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
q. Y. p. u. Meeting.

"The Baptist Young Peoples Union
Of the Cairo Baptist church cordially
invites all the young people of the
church and their friends TO spend a
social evening at the home of MI.
and Mrs. J. IT, Ferguson 3507 Syca-
moro street, Friday evening August
IA This is the regular monthly bust
ness meeting and as there are So
many people out of town, it is desired
that all who can, particularly the
members be preSent.f
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

Employees Of the Aver Overall fac
tory have been installed iu the I-uitaI
Garment Workers Union beg District
Organizer r. l. Finncy Miss Laura
Warren was cldst president and
Miss Mabel Scsseen was elected sec
rotary. A netting will Doe held Mon.
day night 10 make arrangements for p
dance IN rbc near future for the bcuc.
tit of the organization.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
Soldiers Reunion.

The next big event in Southern hi
nois will he the Soldiers and Sailors
reunion at On Quoiu, which Is slated
for next week, August 1921 Man
prominent speakers and distinguished
men viii be present and record
breaking crowd is expected. Du Quoip
is making preparations ou an elabo-
rate scale that insurcs the success o'
the meeting
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
CALIFORNIA PRIMARY

San Francisco, Aug. IA primary
election was held throughout Califov-
MIA today for the purpose of choosing
delegates 10 the state. district ami
congressional conventions. The r.
turns show the regular organizations
both Of the Democratic and Republi-
can parties, would control their re.
speetive conventions.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

The fNl C. T L viii meet at the
home Of Mrs George Dougherty o'l
Twentieth street Thursday afternoon
al o'clock All members a-e urged
to attend as the annual election of Of
ficers will be held. and the yearly
dues collected.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Dealt of a Baby.

The infant son of Mr. aud Mrs II
II Osborne of 75o Thirtyffth street
died Tuesday night at their home,
aged three months. The remain.
we"e taken TO Pittsburg, kas, for in.
termcnt yesterday. Mr. Osborne is
local manager for the Nelson Morri
g0mUHUN
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

A re 80 woman's magazine is de-.
nardinz that men shall be as Eood as
women. They seem to forget that The
average man fa- q hard enough tjmo
hein- as eood as he Washinsi m
Post
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

The ladies' of the First VI. Z. church
Will give a lawn social at the Uarson-
age Eighth and Walnut streets
Thursday. August IS from To p. ~.
and from to 10 p. m. Admission
lan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-13

Nicholas Hacker of the Tniversit.
Of Michigan al Ann Arbor will not
come to Cairo 10 visit his parents
Capt and Mrs. John 5. Hacker 4
this time. having accepted a position
in Chicago.