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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

Average of North Central States. ....... 75.2
Average of South Central States. 95.7
Average of Western States .............1 1894
The State of Maine ...................7o. 700
The extensive tables from which these are taken
are compiled by the Census Bureau upon an
enumeration made June 30 1904, and may be
studied by any who can obtain the Bulletin
upon Prisoners.
Should the fact come to the notice OF any reader
of this article that like favorable showing is
not made in the Census for Kansas, such reader
is referred to the article discussing that point IN
The National Prohibitionist on March 10, 1908,
in which it is shown that for some unknown rea-
son Kansas has been charged by the census
Bureau with host of Federal prisoners and pr1s-
oners from Oklahoma.
With these considerations in mind let us now
examine the official statistics of the two states
Maine and Minnesota. 1t is impossible to make
comparison for identical years since Minnesota
has no published documents covering the year
1907.
We have for the state of Maine the Maine
State Prison Report for the year 1907, trans
mitted to the governor on December 1, 1907, and
covering the year ending November 80 1907
We have for Minnesota "The Third Biennial
Report of the State Board of Control, covering
the years 1905 and 1906, ending July 81, 1906
The showing of these reports is as follows:
Maine in the year 1902 had in her state prison
PAT prisoners Of these nine women.
In her jals during the same year there were,
for long and short periods, a total OF 5769 pris-
oners of whom 2O7 were women. There IS
discrepancy in the report of Maine Jails, from
which it appears that the correct total of prison
ers for that year may have been S21 less, or 4,94S
Allowing, however, the larger total, this gives
Maine an aggregate prison population of 6,016, of
whom 216 were women.
Turning now to Minnesota, we find from the re-
port cited above, that, in the year ending July 3D.
1906 the Minnesota state reformatory had inmates
70 the number of 400 of whom two were women;
the Minnesota state prison had inmates to the
number of 9s1, of whom 81 women, while
the tails of the state had total of Gall prisoners
of whom SIT were women. In arriving at COM
plete census of the prison population there are to
be added the prisoners in what is known in Min
nesota as the state training school, This school
is place for the confinement and discipline OF
criminals and delinquents under eighteen years OF
age In the year ending July 81, 1906, there were
34s prisoners in that school, Deducting those who
were committed for offenses which would not
have caused them to be confined in jail in Maine
there are left 1873 prisoners, of whom 35 were
girls.
There is still to be added the population of the
city workhouse of Minneapolis, not obtainable
from available statistics, but amounting to about
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

lAndre70 Carnegie, at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
", Y, March e7, IooS]
More failures are caused by the drink habit
than anything else in life.
man who begins to drink can rarely. if
ever, give it up
L do not smoke because could not afford it,
Chewing tobacco is no longer considered de-
cent habit. Smoking will also be tabooed in
the future
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

am not only pleased, but delighted, in SUI
perlative degree, with The National Prohibition
lst Every issue punctures the enenly's armor
do not wonder that they how'll. S. HWlbart.
Cas5iHe Mich
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

City Work House. ................. "4UU
Woman Prisoners ............... PIC $40
ESTIMATED.
An analysis of this table shows that Maine has
thirtyfve prisoners in her state prison for every
one hundred thousand of the population, 70hile
Minnesota has ftty-one for every one hundred
thousand, or, If the prisoners in the reformatory
be added to those in the state prison, seventy
seven for every hundred thousand of the pobnla-
tion, and counting the training school eighty
Se0en.
Maine has little more than one woman in
state penal institution for every hundred
thousand of the population, while Minnesota in
her three state institutions aChere prisoners are
confined, the state prison, the reformatory and
the training school, excluding those prisoners in
the training school 7oho are there for insignificant
ofenses, has THREE 7vomem prisoners for every
one hundred thousand of the population
The statement of the document under criticism,
concerning the cost of prisons in Minnesota and
in Maine, must be sheer guesswork upon the part
of whomsoever may have been responsible for this
matter No complete statistics of the cost of
prisons and ails are available for either state,
but in the matter of state prisons we have the
records before us.
In Maine, for the year 1907 the net cost of the
state prison to the people of the state was $16,-
94ss7. In Minnesota for the year ending July
81, 1906 the net cost of the state prison and
reformatory, making no account of the expenses
of the state training school, amounted to $94 351O7
If we should add to this one-half of the cost of
the training school the showing for the two states
in the matter of the cost of state penal institu-
tons would be:
MAINE MINI.
Cost of State Penal Institutions $16,49s $14s,493
The statement concerning arrests for drunk
less guesswork There are no statistics available
anywhere, showing the whole number of imbrison-
mentS much less the number of arrests for drunk
enness in the state of Minnesota. The number of
imprisonments for drunkenness in Maine does not
cover the whole number of arrests, although it
certainly approaches much nearer to it than the
number given for the state of Minnesota.
There were, indeed, in Maine in the year 1907
1894 prisoners committed to Jail for drunken
ness Almost all of these came from few of the
cities where, under the corrupt municipal COVER
ments that exist by the grace of the Democratic
and Republican parties, liquor selling is almost
checked, and where every man who appears pub
licly drunk is Immediately arrested for the two
fold reason that the community will not tolerate
drunkenness and that his arrest will help to swell
the total which can be used to discredit the
Prohibition policy.
For hoe al dv
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

Another highly instructive table can be made
from the report: nrco,-,ns
PER 100000
INHABITANTS
Average of North Atlantic States. 800. 1915
Average of South Atlantic States $50. zoos
Average of North Central States. ..... 752
Average of South Central States. 957
Average of Western States. ............ 1924
The State Of Maine. ...................7o 700
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

following table, taken from the Special Census
Report on Prisoners, shows this:
NUMBER OF PRISON
ERS PER 100000
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21
Notice OF Letting of Contract for
Working the Public Roads.
FIRST DISTRICT OF MONROE COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI.
State of Mississippi,
County of Monroe.

State of Mississippi,
County of Monroe.
Notice is hereby given. that the
Board of Supervisors OF said county
will at the west door of the county
court house, in the City Of Aberdeen
Mississippi, on Wednesday the 4th
day of March, 1905, proceed to let to
the lowest responsible bidder or bid
ders the contract or contracts for
working the Public roads of said
county and district, according to the
plans and specifications adopted by
the Board of Supervisors of said coun-
ty at the February meeting thereof,
which plans and specifications are of
record in the office of the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors of said coun-
ty, and which may be seen upon ap-
plication to said clerk. The roads of
said district are divided into First and
Second class roads, and into convent
ent links, as the law directs, and will
be so let. The successful bidder or
bidders will be required to execute
good and sufficient bonds within ten
days from the day of letting said con-
tract or contracts, conditioned and
payable according TO law and the
orders of the Board of Supervisors,
in an amount to be fixed by the Board
of Supervisors, according TO law.
Said bond shall be executed by two
or more good and sufficient sureties
or shall be made by a satisfactory
Surety Company. Said Board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids made.
BY Order of the.Boarc of Supervis-
ors, this Feb'y 9Th. 1905.
G. 2. SMITH,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
Feb. z, 1908-4t
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

For the good work. which the
President has accomplished, and
which he still seeks to accomplish,
we have only words of praise; but
along with the work goes an over
growing spirit of intolerance and
wrath, misrepresentation and in
Hated egotism which all men who
do not give way to these tempers
deplore in the Chief Executive Of
the nation. The public no
longer believes that all men who
differ with the President are liars
knaves, " malefactOrs, hire
ings of the money power The
repeated efforts of the President to
create a popular distrust of any one
who presumes to comment unfavor-
ably upon his acts. his words or his
tempestuous spirit have by this
time led great numbers of his fell
low countrymen to question the So
briefly and soundness of his judg-
ment, however greatly they may
value his moral worth. The reck-
less flashing of every man who does
not agree with him in every detail
of his policies, or of his mode of adj
vocating them, will in the long run,
lose the President more support
than it viii gain. The attempted
elimination from political life Of
men who refuse to do his bidding
could not. even if it were accomp-
lished, strengthen the power of the
reforms which he desires. The
country knows now that the Presi-
dent angrily pursues men of high
character, ability and independence,
simply because these men have felt
it their duty to resist him at some
points, az they have every legal,
political and moral right to do.
Where is the list to end? We be-
lieve the country will laugh at the
effort to force upon it
the belief that all whom the Presi-
dent tongue and pen chastise are
conspirators,' are traitors to
honor, to their country and their
God Boston Herald.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

The word surplus as applied to q
means only confusion
to the minds of a good many peo-
pie. They know that a bank s sur
plus is cash, or something that can
be very readily converted into cash.
The mistakes and confusion come
when they think that a railroad or
industrial plants surplus is also
money or an equally quick asset If
an individual ten years ago saved
500 from his $1,000 salary and
spent $50 of it in painting his house
or in buying his wife a fur coat, he
would today hardly think of that
money as surplus The other $50
which he put in bank or invested in
a security he would count as sur
plus. After decade the paint
would have vanished or the coat be
worn out. Many corporations still
carry UNDER the head of surplus
money which was spent years ago
for minor Improvements and which
long since have disappeared. These
things We're once an asset, but they
can hardly be counted as such to-
day. Thus we see companies hay
ing on paper a big surplus, but
which in reality are overwhelmed
with debts. There ought to be a
clear cut distinction between a real
available surplus and something
that was once an asset. but NAV no
longer be such. 1t would be an
easy matter for any corporation to
classify expenditures SO as to leave
the minds Of stockholders perfectly
clear as to the precise state of its fl
nances. Nor do we believe that this
would be any hardship to the com
panies, and certainly not to the vast
majority Of them, which can only
benefit by the freest publicity Of
their doings philadelphia Press.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

The failure Of a mere handful Of
militia in Mississippi to withstand
the overpowering rush of vast body
Of angry people has resulted in the
introduction into the Legislature of
the sister State of a proposition to
abolish the State National Guard in
that commonwealth.
The troops to the number of half
a company bad in charge a negro
prisoner who was being brought to
one Of the small interior cities for
trial upon charges of the most
atrocious and unforgivable nature.
1t appears from all the previous cir
cumstanCes that no real trouble was
expected, and that the troops were
more for show than otherwise. At
any rate, their bayonets were not
fixed, and when the crowd unex-
pcctedly enveloped the little force
its members had no means Of max
ing q serious resistance, and while
they did all in their power to pro-
tect their prisoner, whom at one
time they recovered from the mob.
the few soldiers were completely
overpowered and their prisoner
taken from them.
Whether the proposed abolish
ment of the State s military estab-
hshment is intended as a rebuke to
the Governor for calling out soldiers
To assist in enforcing the civil law,
or Is a concession TO the popular in
dignation that did summary punish
ment upon the prisoner cannot be
stated. But there should be no re-
Election upon the little band of
militia that was sacrificed In the
premises
1t is the height of absurdity to
suppose that a great mob Of indig-
nant people can be awed into sub
mission by a few young militiamen,
wholly inexperienced in meeting
the unexpected emergency into
which they were plunged. Without
fixed bayonets and with no orders
70 use their arms, it was not to be
expected that the young men would
VI ttIci OWL dCCOIQ SiiOoL uoN II
their fellow citizens to protect a
miscreant of the most odious sort.
But soldiers, and even militia
trained to obey orders. viii shoot
when commanded to do SO, and
they are all the better soldiers in
the fact that they waited for orders.
The Governor Is right to call out
the militia to maintain public order
but he must not set a handful
against an enraged populace. The
private soldiers are bound to obey
orders at any cost in the discharge
of duty, but they are right to await
the requisite commands and not
take matters into their own hands.
The Mississippi soldiers have been
among the best in the world, and
there is no doubt that the sons swill
be worthy of their sires, but they
must be properly handled by their
from the governor down
to the lowest. Under proper hand
ling they will give a good account.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21
PURE FOOD WHISKEY

THE LARGEST DISTILLERY IN AMERICA
SELLING DIRECT TO THE CONS UMER
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

The cry of blind tiger" is the
only argument presented by the OPP
ponents of prohibition, and is in
deed a weak one. Blind tigers ex-
ist only where the sentiment of the
community will endure them, and
the same force that is strong enough
to stop the legalized sale Of intoxi-
cants will be found also sufficiently
strong to drive the eyeless animal
from his lair.-Coast Beacon.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21
Special Announcement Regarding
the National Pure Food and
Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no Opiates or
other harmful drugs, and we recon-
mend it as a safe remedy for children
and adults, j. L. Shell & Co.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

Don't ever get the notion in your
head that you are out of reach of
Wall street gam blers so long as you
have something to sell that the pub
lie must have. 1t is the must
have" sort of things that tickle the
venal appetites of the Wall street
manipulation: he never CANDLES in
diamonds-not he. - Greenville
Demos
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

The trouble with most cough RENE
dies is that they constipate. Ken
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts
gently but promptly on the bowels
and at the same time it stops the
cough by soothing the throat and
lung irritation. Children like it. Sold
by Phoenix Drug Co.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

Lawyer-Now, see here, before |
take your case | want to know if you
are guilty. Client-Do you suppose
I'd be fool enough to come to the
most expensive lawyer in the town
if | was innocent?-Ally Sloper's
Half-HolidaY.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

The Mississippi Militia.

Sheriff and Tax collector Monroe County, Missssippi
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, says:
81 have only taken four doses of your
Kidney and Bladder Pills and they
have done for me- more than any
other medicine has ever done. I am
still taking the pills as / want a per-
feet cure.n Mr.. Barber refers to De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills.
They are sold by Phoenix Drug Co.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21
Delinquent Land List, Fiscal Year 1907.

The Of Mississippi,
vIIou
county
thereon year
ofs dlandsar odv
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

j. A. GAY sells thief amous MER-
CUTOL-the greatest remedy in the
world for SWINNY, FISTULA, Spay-
in and all Lameness in Horses and
Mules. SOC. s2O-6m.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-02-21

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is best for cuts, burns, boils,
bruises and scratches. 1t is especial
ly good for piles. Sold by Phoenix
Drug Co
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-06
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Events Cleaned From the Files of The
Reporter twenty-five Years Ago.
Some sales of 1883 tobacco are made
at from 10 to Ii cents assorted.
An. infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
Pelton died after brief illness.
The marriage Of Charles Morris of
Boston and Miss Nellie Marsh of Albion
took place at the home of Alden Bardaen
March 1st.
A gentleman from Viroqua was in town
this week and estimates that there was
100 acres of tobacco raised in Vernon
county last year.
A bill introduced by Senator S. L.
Lord incorporating the city of Edgerton
before the legislature has passed the
senate. The opposition to the bill have
agreed not to further fight the measure
if an amendment was added cutting off
one-half of the two southern sections in.
Guided in the limits together with j. D.
Rain farm.
The new five cent nickel which was re-
Gently put into circulation has been
suppressed. The people in mint ne
elected to have the word scent" inscrib-
ed upon the coin and on the one side it
bears the facsimile of five dollar gold
piece. The facility of which with lit
tie coating of gold wash the coin can be
passed for five dollar gold piece has
led to it's suppression.
Friday, March 2, 1883.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-06
Culture Club Banquet.

Last Saturday evening, the ladies OF
the Culture Club entertained their hus
bands and gentlemen friends at the
home of Mr. Geo. Doty. The rooms we're
artistically decorated with red carna-
tions and cupids. A sumptuous four
course dinner was served by four young
ladies. Each gentleman being given a
photo taken years ago was asked to
identify and find his partner for the
banquet. 1t being the last day OF Feb
ruary, each lady had written proposal
and placed it beside gentleman's plate.
Some were in rhyme and some in blank
verse, but all were witty, permitting a
suitable expression to long pent-up feel
ing. And such fervor-one gentleman
remarked that the young lady had taken
a step that he had in all his life not
dared to take. These and the auction of
men which followed furnished occasion
for hilarious mirth "a young banker
bringing as high as $50 hearts. Music,
cards and social time followed. Every
one, particularly the married men, wish
ed the day would return oftener and re-
vive pleasant, treasured and sacred mem
cries of the past.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-06
Tobacco Notes

Mr.. W. A. Willingham OF New York.
head OF the leaf department of the
American Cigar Co., was in the state for
short stay during the week. In COM
pany with w. T. Jefferson. the state
manager, they visited several of the
growing sections, investigating the crop
held by farmers Mr.. Willingham took
the train here on his return to his New
York home Saturday evening.
The sickness and subsequent death of
e. V. Mum, the prominent insurance
man, at Beloit on Sunday last, has de-
layed the settlement of the big Marqusee
tobacco loss. Mr.. Mum, who was con-
nected with the Bureau of Western Fire
Adjustment, was selected to represent
the companies interested in the settle
ment OF this loss and was on his way to
New York when he was taken sick at
Chicago. Negotiations were therefore
held up waiting the outcome of his ill
ness.
The New York papers announce that
Mr.. Julius Marqusee, owing to physi-
cal breakdown, has been compelled to
turn over his extensive tobacco business
to FL. N. Gitt and Leopold Loeb, who
will take over the holdings of the firm of
Marqusee & Co. The firm has about
1900 cases of cigar leaf of the different
states growth, all bought at 'O6 prices,
which would involve tremendous sac
rifice if forced on the market at the
present time.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that at p. ~.
upon Tuesday, the 10th day of March,
1908, at the farm of Rudolph Klement,
situated in Section 8 of the Town of
Sumner, Jefferson county, Wisconsin,
pursuant to the terms of a certain chat
tel mortgage, dated the 21st day of De-
cember, 1907, signed by William Falk
and his wife, and payable to the under
signed, Emil Rehbaum, for the sum of
Two Hundred Dollars, J will sell the fol-
lowing described property:
IL bundles of good stripped tobacco
and IA bundles of filters, to the highest
bidder. Terms of sale, cash.
EMIL REHBAUM.
February %, 1908.
Wanted Farmers tobacco to sort,
pack and store if desired, at the Fulton
warehouse, by r. S. PEAsE.
A capable man OF small family who
understands raising tobacco, general
farming and care of stock, wanted by
Geo. NJ Decker, GAINESVILLE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-06
Well KNOWN Horseman Dead.

John Kelly, veteran driver and one of
the best known handlers of fast horses
ia this country, died Tuesday afternoon
at the E. q. SpauIding place, three miles
cas-. Of GAINESVILLE
Dropsy and liver trouble was the cause
of death and for the past three weeks
the patient sufferer has put up brave
battle for life when he we'll knew there
was but the slightest hope for bis recov
cry.
Mr.. Kelly was married in GAINESVILLE TO
Miss Mamie Whiting, daughter of the
late DIR. and Mrs. J. B. Whiting, and
soon after THAR marriage moved to the
East where of late years Mr. Kelly has
been operating high class boarding
stable in New York City, having for his
patrons the Vanderbilts, Belmonts and
j. Pierpont Morgan.