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s1o0.OOO0O, 80, so or 90 days on
personal security or collat-
eral. MAURY NATIONAL BANK.
d&w-2t
NOVEL METHOD
FOR CAMPAIGNING
SECRETARY TAFT's BOOM WILL
BE ADVERTISED BY MOVING
PICTURE SHOWS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The Presi
dent today approved novel and hith
erto untried plan to exploit the can
didacy of Presidential aspirant. This
unique method of campaigning was
proposed by a moving picture agent
who called at the White House to get
the approval of President Roosevelt
in an attempt to have Secretary Taft
pose before the picture machine In a
number of interesting attitudes. The
films thus secured are to be sent
broadcast over the country and ex-
hibited in and 10-cent theaters. Il
told the President" said the agent,
who was accompanied to the White
House by Representative Bennett. OF
New York, that we were getting de-
mands from agents all over the coun-
try for Taft pictures. There are 800
motion picture resorts in New York.
and they all want Taft pictures. The
President said he thought the idea
was excellent, and I have made ar
rangements to see the Secretary to-
morrow and have him pose before the
picture machine"
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BRYAN ANNOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY
TELLS TEXANS THAT HE WOULD
LIKE TO BE PRESIDENT OF
UNITED STATES.

NACOGDOCHES, Tex, Jan. S.
William Jennings Bryan today practi
cally announced his candidacy for the
Presidency when he addressed for a
few moments a crowd from the bal
cony Of hotel. He came here to Ali
a lecture date for woman's club. but
the people insisted that he talk of
politics. He spoke of the Republican
party in the usual manner OF his re-
cent speeches, and concluded with
these statements:
I'VE have now passed from the val
ley Of the shadow of death, and in
passing out we see the Republicans
just entering into the valley, and II
they have as hard time as we had
we are likely to see some fun.
Those of you who may never have
an opportunity to hear a real live
President OF the United States can at
least say now that you heard one
who, on two different occasions, cher
ished the delusion that he was going
to be a real live President, and he
feels the disease coming on again"
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LOEB TO BECOME
STREET CAR BOSS
ALL WASHINGTON LINES TO BE
CONSOLIDATED, HE TO BE
SYSTEMS HEAD.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Investiga
tons made in local financial circles
by Representative Smith, of Michigan
Chairman OF the House'Committee on
the District of Columbia, warrant him
In saying that there is to be a consol.
idation OF the street car companies
of the District OF Columbia, and that
William Loeb, Jr., secretary to Pres
ident Roosevelt, is to be given the
active management Of the consolida-
ted properties. Mr.. Smith has been
making inquiry into the street car
situation, with the view Of getting leg
islation authorizing the construction
of lines to the new union station. He
had a conference with Mr.. Loeb at
the White House today. While not
denying the statements which have
been made regarding his prospective
change OF occupation, Mr.. Loeb indi-
Gated that he is not as yet ready To
make statement on the subject.
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BILL PROVIDING
ASSET CURRENCY
HOUSE COMMITTEES REPORTS m
FAVOR OF COMPLETE CHANGE
IN SYSTEM.
TO RETIRE The PRESENT NOTES
Issue instead Credit Money To
Extent Of the Capital
Stock.

| WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The sub
committee Of the House Committee on
| Banking and Currency. to which was
intrusted the framing OF bill to in
crease the elasticity of the currency.
reached a conclusion today, and will
report favorably to the full committee
bill drawn in the main by Chair
man Fowler, OF the committee.
The bill will be introduced by Mr..
Fowler, and referred to his commit
tee, where it will form the working
basis for the framing of bill Of posi-
bly, the same tenor and scope.
The bill provides for the complete
retirement of all present outstanding
National bank bonds-secured curren-
cy, and authorizes in lieu thereof a
currency based upon the general as
sets of the banks, to be worked out in
this way: The Comptroller of the
Currency will designate throughout
the country certain redemption cities,
so that there shall be redemption
city within at least twenty-four hours
reach of each National bank. The Ma.
tional banks will indicate to the
Comptroller of the Currency to. what
redemption city they wish to be
Joined. The Comptroller will thea
select a time and place within each
redemption district for the organizing
OF that district in the following man
ner:
Each National bank in that district,
regardless of its capital stock. will BE-
entitled to one vote. Representatives
of the banks will meet at time and
place designated and elect Board Of
Managers to consist Of seven mem
bers; these seven will elect a Chair
man, who will become q Deputy
OF the Currency, and as
sumo control of his redemption dis
trict except that he shall not have
charge of the enforcement of the Grim
inal statutes.
Each bank viii be required to deposit
as a guarantee fund with the Treas
urer Of the United States per cent
Of its average deposits for the pre-
ceding twelve months, and per cent
1f the credit notes which Il takes out.
The revenue thus obtained is to Gre
ate and support National guaranty
'und Of $5OO,OO0,OOO for the guaranty
II both the deposits and the outstand-
ing bank notes of every National
bank. Eighty per cent of this fund 10
10 be invested in United States bonds
2 per cent interest. while
he remaining 20 per cent is to be
3osited in banks Of the various re-
lemption cities for the purpose OF
'adeeming the guaranteed credit notes
u the notes in the various redemption
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FoR PROHIBITION
IN MISSISSIPPI
hPAIeN FOR a DRY sTAfE AS
sUMEs DEFINITE FORM
BILL IS PERFECTED.
GOVERNOR AN ADVOCATE
&iirIne Executive vardaman Also
Advocate Of Temper.
anee Law.

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. S.--The cam.
IN for statutory prohibition in this
tie definite form today, when, at a
citing Of the Executive Committee
4 the State prohibition party, bill
g perfected and arrangements
1tde for Its introduction in the Leg
'|hture which convened yesterday. A
PISS meeting of prohibition advocates
M be held here tomorrow and dele
ates from all sections OF the State
|lll be in attendance.
Hon. E. F. Noel, who will be inaugu-
sted Governor Tuesday, is an ardent
fohibitionist, and Gov. Vardaman
BIS recommended its passage In his
etiring message. Advocates of pro-
ibition express confidence that the
leasure will be enacted into q law.
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1.-THE SPOILERS
OUR NEW STORY
FIRST CHAPTER or THIS MOST
INTERESTING NOVEL WILL
APPEAR NEXT WEEK.

The Herald has arranged a rare
treat for the readers OF the Weekly
Next week the FIRST chapter Of our
new serial, "The Spoilers" will ap'
pear. This is one OF the most thrill
Ing novels that has been placed on
the market during the past year.
There is not dull line in the whole
story. Those who have read the book
declare that they are not satisfied un-
til the last thrilling climax is reached.
It is a story that holds the attention
of the readers and makes them i'm.
patient for the end. Read the first
installment and you are certain to
read the last.
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CHURCH WORKERS
ELECT OFFICERS

The Church Workers of the First
Presbyterian church met in the SEES
sion Room Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock. After very interesting meet
ing, the officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: Mrs. Min
ME fowler. President; Mrs. w. NJ
Chafiin, Vice President; Mrs. Harry
r. Sloan, Secretary; Mrs. w. B. Woot-
en-, Treasurer; Mrs. Annie White. Cor
responding Secretary.
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NO CONVICTIONS
I'm CRIMINAL COURT
AcoulTTALs, NoLLEs OR DisMIs-
SAILS ARE THE ORDER OF
THE DAY.

Several cases were disposed OF Wed.
nesday afternoon and this morning
In the County Criminal Court, but
there were no convictions. Tom Nc
Donald. charged with gaming, was ac-
quilted. An order OF nolle proseQuI
was entered in the case OF Walter
Witherspoon, charged with the same
offense. The cases against Ed Jor-
dan, Sam Ridley and Kirby Smith.
charged with petit larceny. were dis
missed.
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OPENS CAMPAIGN
FOR CONGRESS

FAYETTEVILLE Tenn, Jan. g.
Hon. George w. Sutton, formerly At
torney General OF this judicial circuit,
made his opening speech in his cam
palgn for Congress from this Con-
gresslonal District here today. There
was an exceedingly large crowd in
town and he was given good hear
ing. He has a strong following in
this. his native county.
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DESPERATE DUEL
In DRUGSTORE
TROUBLE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
ORIGINATED OVER GAME
or POKER.

MINTEB CITY, Miss, Jan. S.--J. p
Beard was killed and e. T. Avent wa!
wounded four times In desperate
duel in the Yerger drug store here
last night.
II is said that the two men quar-
relied over a poker game. They drew
their weapons and began firing at the
same moment. Beard was shot
through the heart. Avent was wound
ed in both arms. the hip and the leg
He will recover.
Beard leaves wife and three chill
dren. Avent is son of Capt Avent
Of Lenore county and was single
Boards body was shipped to Green.
wood, ana on the same train was
Avent. who was being taken to the
Kings Daughters hospital.
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GOOD SERVICES AT
BAPTIST MISSION

The services at the Baptist Mission
are being largely attended. The sub
feet Tuesday night was the "Chris-
tian's Walk" Tonight the Rev. John
Hardwood win preach. And tomor-
row night the Rev. T. II. Porter will
preach II weather permits. although
the services win be held nightly and
al are Welcome.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-10
HOUSE LEADERS
HAVE MADE UP
AND DE ARMoNp Elk.
CHANGE AMENITIES ON
THE FLOOR.

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the
presence OF the entire House, Repre-
sentative Williams, of Mississippi,
and Representative De Almond, OF
Missouri, whose physical encounter
on the floor OF the House just before
the Christmas adjournment attracted
general attention, today engaged In
an exchange OF amenities which was
generally accepted as a public an
nouncement of their respective inten-
tions not to permit their personal diff
ferences to interfere with the cour-
teous discharge Of their public duties.
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OKLAHOMA FOR
VIM. J. BRYAN

GUTHRIE. Okla. Jan. 6.--The Dem
ocratic State Central Committee here
today unanimously Endorsed W. ].
Bryan's candidacy for the Presidency.
and decided to hold the State Con.
ventiou to select fourteen delegates
to the National Convention on Feb.
~ At Muskogee.
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Young Avent was a brother-in-law
Of Judge Ed Loonev, formerly OF Co
lumbia and now visiting here. He
made his home with Judge Looney
near Columbia for number OF years,
and went to school here, a part Of the
time to the public school and for sew
eral sessions to Prot Tomllnson.
Beard, the man who was killed. was
IA the lumber business at MInter City.
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The Financial Furry

has cult business but we have not
and are ~ the market for Burt Oats.
Cane Seed. Wheat. Potatoes, Seed
Corn. Mlllet seed.--cALLENDER a
60. Il
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.GATLING GUN
IN LEXINGTON
INSTRUMENT or DEATH MANNED
BY EXPERTS GUARDING CITY
FROM MARAuDERs.
GOV. WILSON ACTS PROMPTLY
10 Ready To Protect People
And Property At All
Hazards.

FRANKFORT. KY. Jan. Son re
quest OF Mayor skain and County
Judge Bullock, who called on the Gov.
ernor this afternoon, a Calling gun
belonging to the Second Kentucky In.
fantry was sent to Lexington on the
afternoon train. The officials Of Lex
ington and Fayette county told the
Governor, with whom they had long
talk, that the situation was a serious
one They said that a large number
of wagons. loaded with tobacco. are
on the streets of Lexington, 1t being
impossible to get the wagons inside
the warehouses, which are full. They
thought there might be danger from
night riders and wanted to be on the
safe side. The Governor told the Lex
ington men that he will be ready to
AFFORD the city any protection it may
need at any time and win do what
they think best.
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LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. ga Cat
ling gun, manned by expert artillery
men, guards the approach to the Lex
ington tobacco warehouse district to-
night. A squad of twenty-five police.
men are on duty there and Sheriff
McElroy has authority from the Gov.
ernor to call the. local company Of
militia into instant service should a
raid Of night riders be made on this
city. These were the precautions ia
ken tonight by the authorities, after
the committee which went to Frank.
fort to confer with the Governor had
returned.
A Calling gun, which hass BEEN or
dered by the Governor to be sent here
from the States armory at Frankfort.
arrived here on the 6 o'clock train
from Frankfort. was quietly unloaded
from the baggage car and trundled
out to the tobacco territory behind
the city patrol wagon. A squad OF
men who are expert In handling artil-
lery had been selected from Com.
pany c OF this city and sworn In az
Deputy SherifYs.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-27

fifty years more and we will be moth
ing short of criminals if we allow the
half century to pass without embrac-
ing our natural advantages, to the ex-
tent of shifting our position from a
debtor to a credit section
The South Debtor Section.
All sections and interests which
have as a rule done SO on the tribute
they collect from others. Great
Britain stand first among the military
nations Of people She adorns her
royalty with the rarest gems, dots the
the seas with her ships of commerce.,
dominates the finance of the world
and boasts her cotton manufacturing
industry as the greatest of the realm.
The products of our fields keep her
spindles going, freights her merchant
marine and clothes the millions of
her colonial subjects. She gamers
the sweat of the southern farmer, the
southern sunshine and shower and the
brain of the southern banker and bust
ness men in the gold she stores in
the vaults of her financial centers.
New England with her bleak and
frozen hills graphing with the ice
devil six months in the year, with no
great natural wealth to enrich her peo-
pie, is a creditor section She spins
our raw cotton bought at low prices
and by the aid of tariff protection, in
spight Of her natural disadvantages,
levies enough tribute on the goods we
buy to make her rich and keep her pa
irons poor She lends you gentlemen
the cash she has collected in tribute
from you and your neighbors and saw
ed by buying cheap cotton. and when
panicky times come you are command
ed to force the sale of cotton that
foreign gold may flow to America to
relieve the free booters of frenzied
finance who have been caught in the
meshes Of their own speculation.
The Standard Oil Company exacts
tribute for the lights we use.
The American Steel Corporation ex-
acts tribute for the nails we put in
our houses, (and SO it is with every
article used by the people.
The grain regions Of the nation
have in recent years been able to put
price on their products which
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locations by the cotton fields. 1t is
not only our right but our duty to
conserve for ourselves and our own
the benefits arising from the natural
monopoly we have on cotton.
The farmers Of the south recognize
ing these conditions, have banded
themselves together for the good of
all and have announced the following
declaration of principles.
1st. TO discourage as much as pos
sible the present credit and mortgage
system.
End. To assist our members in buy
ing and selling.
3rd. To labor for the education of
the agricultural classes in the science
Of crop diyersifcation and scientific
agriculture.
4th- TO constantly strive to secure
entire harmony and good will among
all mankind and brotherIy love among.
ourselves.
9Th. TO form a more adequate un.
ion with those in authority for a more
rigid and impartial enforcement of the
law, that crime, vice and immortality
may be suppressed.
9Th It would garner the tears Of
the distressed, the blood of matyrs,
the laugh of innocent childhood, the
sweat of honest labor, and virtue of
happy home as the brightest jewels
known
7th. This is in no degree a polit-
ical party, and shall forever abstain
from even SO much as a discussion Of
partyism. Yet we do not feel that
it is right to place shackles upon the
mind nor paddock upon the lips Of
any one who may wish to discuss for
educational purposes, the science of
government, because upon this rock
all important structures must rest, for
either mental moral or financial de-
velopment.
Each Of these principles will have
its part in bringing about the central
thought in the whole movement, in
dustrial independence and a higher
civilization, but since the second de-
claration covers my subject today 7
will return to that without comment
on the other six
The New York Cotton Exchange has
for many years dominated the price
Of cotton, and ninetynine cases out
Of one hundred stands for lower
prices. Being purely a speculative
body it is difficult to see why its mem
bers had not as soon take the bull
side. "A careful study OF the methods
Of the system under which cotton ex-
changes are operated will show that
their interest are with lowering prices
To attempt to discuss here the reasons
why this is true would make this adj
1dress too long, SO content myself
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-27
PRESIDENT FIIGHTOWER'S
ADDRESS
Before the Mississippi Bankers Annal Con
vention at Brookhaven, Miss, May
Fourteenth, Ninteen Hundred and
Eight

F.
Cooperation between the cotton
producers and the Mississippi banks
in the effort to increase the price Of
cotton
Members of the Mississippi Bankers
Association
Ladies and Gentlemen: AS the rep
resentative of the Farmers Union of
Mississippi, l desire to express the
appreciation of the members of that
organization for the courtesy extend
ed by your association in the invita-
tion to me to address you on this oc-
casion.
The subject you have assigned me
dictates your interest in securing high
er prices for our staple crop which
will be a source of qualification to
every cotton producer in the state.
The United tSates is one of the
richest countries of the world in re-
sources and naturally has large year
ly trade balance in its favor, which
adds constantly to the reserve wealth
of the nation. Export cotton either in
its raw or manufactured form contri-
butes more largely to that balance Of
trade than any other commodity and
hence is the most important factor in
adding to the accumulations of the
country. Almost the entire CONNER
cial systems of the south are build
ed on this commodity and while the
nation as whole is greatly affected
by periods of depression in price, the
south is almost .prostrated by any dis
turbance attendent on this one money
producer. Under our present system
even few months delay in exchang-
ing it for foreign gold unsett1es all
business and causes a storm of pro-
test from some interests among our
own people. 1t is the basis of our
money supply and always will be- 1t
is the source from which every busi-
ness in the south must draw its sup
port
The cotton growing lands of the
world are limited, the southern states
growing more than two-thirds Of the
staple. We have had natural mo-
nopoly on this wonderful crop nearly
one hundred years and yet we are a
borrowing section. Our supremacy in
it's production is probably secure for
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amounts to tribute, and which trib-
ute is just retaliation for the trib-
ute they are paying to other sections
and interests. Without it they like
the south would be dependent.
The fruit growers of California
through a system Of cooperation have
secured good values for their COM
modities and have accumulated in that
section until it is independent. But
the cotton growing section alone, hav-
ing the only natural monopoly on
earth, remains dependent debtor
section. We will continue to occupy
this very unenviable position until we
by cooperation put such a price on
our cotton as will enable us to pay the
debts of the section with interest,
and to pay the tribute exacted by the
people of other sections by increased
prices for all commodities we con-
sumo.
To artificially corner a commodity
and exact a ficticious value or to
reap benefits from the operation of
laws injurious to otaers is wrong in
morals and indefensible in business;
but to reap the temporal blessings
given to a people by God Himself
when he created the earth, the soil
and the seasons and store them away
to enrich our section and bless our
posterity, is not only good morals and
good business, but a duty every man
owes to the race. We have for a
century created fabulous wealth and
lavished it on all the world except
our own. We are often told that ten
cents is enough for cotton, and that
we can make money at that price.
But the success or failure of few
individuals is not test of any sys-
tenn or condition, we must look at
the section as a whole The average
price of cotton since the civil war
has been above ten cents, and the
average price we have paid for the
things we. consume in making cotton
during the same period is consider
ably less than the same articles will
cost today 1t is no argument to say
the south has prospered during that
period. 1t is true that on the whole
we have prospered, but other sections
less favored have prospered more.
Other sections by the absorption Of
the wealth we created, have shifted
from the borrowing to the lending
class, while we are still heavy borrow
ers. With natural monopoly on one
of the greatest money commodities Of
the world, we would under normal
conditions today be money lending
section. If every interest in the south,
instead of seeking to take advantage
of other interests had been co-operat-
ing for the good of each and each for
all, legitimate prices would have
beer. secured and the factories in self
defense would long since have sought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-08

government and the states concerning
the division between the executive,
legislative and judicial branches of the
government and concerning the hmi-
tations upon governmental action in
respect to the rights of individuals
which if undecided by some tribunal
might easily lead to domestic turbu-
lence. Under our constitution, as early
interpreted, not however without Bit
ter criticism and opposition, the SUI
preme court of the United States be-
came the ultimate arbitrator in re-
spect to most of such great political
questions. 1 believe we generally
agree that this has much contributed
to the smooth working of our govern
ment and to the supremacy of law and
order in our community and offers adj
vantages over the method of settling
similar questions in other countries.
"But while we may felicitate our
selves on the discovery of a new in
strument for preventing dangerous
domestic controversies have we the
right to say that our present adj
ministration of justice as between in
dividuals and as between the state
and individuals insured continued
popular satisfaction with its results ?
/ think not. Down to the present
time it has supplied a means of set
Ting controversies between in
dividuals and of bringing to punish
ment offenders against the criminal