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The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Catching EN- Via the Religious
Route.

A lady correspondent sends THE
HERALD the appended clipping from
an eastern paper:
Washington, July 1S. The fact
that Secretary Taft is Unitarian
has been printed, but in order to
make it official statement was given
out at the white house to-day. The
statement adds that Mr.. Taft also
frequently attends the Episcopal
church, of which his wife is menu
ber, and that ut his summer home in
Murray Bay, Canada. he has taken
great interest in the Presbyterian
church.
Friends of the secretary also point
ed out, after the statement had been
issued, that his action in the Philip
pine friars' land cases had shown his
friendship for the Catholics and one
especially close to Secretary Taft
said he had often heard him speak
highly of the Methodists.
AS u boy in Cincinnati, Mr.. Taft
sometimes attended the German
Lutheran Sunday school ana among
his most valued advisers are several
Baptists of prominence.
On more than one occasion the sec
retary has accompanied President
Roosevelt to the Dutch Reformed
church in Washington.
Our correspondent adds: my peo-
pie have been Republicans ever since
the Republican party was organized;
/ was always Republican, but am
ashamed of my party, and hope
can influence all of my friends to
vote for Bryan the coming fall. In
addition to other objections, man
who wears such II many colored
religious coat rs Mr. Taft is not
good man to be placed at the head of
our national affairs"
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
The Remedy that Does.

"Dr Kings New Discovery is the
remedy that does the healing others
promise but fail to perform. !" says Mrs
Z X Pierson of Auburn Centre, Pa. 1T
is curing me of throat and lung trouble
Of long standing, that other treatments
relieved only temporarily. New Dis
covery is doing me so much good that 1
feel confident its continued use for a
reasonable length Of time will restore
me to perfect health" This renowned
cough and cold remedv and throat and
lung healer is sold by the Meeker Drug
Co. soc and 81. Trial bottle free.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

The Republican state central COM
mittee met in Denver last Saturday
to set the date for holding the state
convention which will be held in the
Denver Auditorium, and they de-
cided on or about September 18th,
the exact day being left to the state
chairman. incidentally they de-
posed Boss Evans of Denver and ell
throned Senator Simon Guggenheim
as the supreme party joss. This was
the proper thing to do. Mr.. Guggen-
helm comes nearer typifying the
present day Republican leader than
any other man we can think of in
Colorado.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
New porcelain bath tubs at the
Meeker hotel barber shop.
II Can't be Beat.

The best of all teachers is experience.
G NJ Harden of Silver City, North Car
olina. says: 81 find Electric Bitters
does all that's claimed for it. For stOm-
acll, liver and kidney troubles 1t can't
be beat. have tried it and find it
most excellent medicine" Mr.. Harden
is right; it's the best of all medicines
also for weakness, lame back, and all
run down conditions. Best too for chills
and malaria. Sold under guarantee by
the Meeker Drug Co. soc.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Political grave robbery is the latest
crime chargeable to the Republicans
of Colorado, who already had sins
enough to answer for. At the con-
ference of eminent Republicans at
Colorodo Springs on Tuesday III. II.
Eddy, at one time famous-or other
wise--as the head of the notorious
"Robber Seventh general assembly,
was mentioned as being among the
distinguished Republicans present.
1t tooks ominous for the Republicans
in the light of what happened to
them the Inst time Eddy had any
thing to say in politics. But if these
political resurrections continue the
state is in danger of another vista
tion of McIntire, contemporary
product of the Eddy era. That
would be the limit.-Lamar Sparks.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
A Decision for the Standard Oil Co

~ DC(lSlOh lOI thS StohAaAe " VII wv
The United States circuit court of
appeals, sitting at Chicago, Judge
Crosscup presiding, has knocked out
the $29, ,24O, 900 fine against the Stand
ard Oil company, on the ground,
principally, that the fine was excess
sive The case was remanded for
retrial.
The action of the court causes our
neighbor, the Rifle Telegram, to
pointedly observe: SIN case where
a poor devil has stolen n loaf of
bread, the law is so plain that no
Judge in the land has mistaken it's
meaning; but let n man with mil
lion loaves at his command steal an
other million loaves, and the mean
ing of the same law Immediately be-
comes a question of doubt, and is in
variably declared obsolete, meaning
less or unconstitutional. It's queer
dun queer"
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

The Hearst papers are against
Bryan in pending campaign. In
well informed political circles this
action on the part of Hearst is con-
sidered distinct gain in favor of
Mr.. Bryan. In two previous CAM
paigns the support of the Hearst
papers alienated from Bryan a con-
servative vote in the East which he
will get this time, since he is freed
from the incubus Of yellow Journal
iain.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Senator Teller says that President
Roosevelt is ignorant as u wood
chuck on forestry. The same thing
might well be said of this man Pin
chot, for in spite of his learning
about European and low altitude
forest conditions in other states he
seems very. poorly informed about
Rocky Mountain forests. With a
new president like Bryan we may
hope to see y practical man put in
charge and II little more attention
paid to the rights of settlers in the
west where these obnoxious reserves
are located.-Gunnison News-Cham-
piOn.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury


As mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians
as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls CatarrIi Cure. manufac-
tured by f Cheney Il Co.. Toledo, o..
contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternaIly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by FL
Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Solde by druggists. Price lac per bot
tie. Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipatiOn.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
"Health Cotfeen is really the closest

Health Coffee" is really the closest
coffee imitation ever yet produced. This
clever coffee substitute was recently
produced by DIR Shoop Of Racine, Wis.
Not grain of real coffee in it either.
DIR Shoop's Health Coffee is made from
pure toasted grains. with malt, nuts,
etc. Really it would fool an expert
who might drink it for coffee. No2Oor
80 minutes tedious boiling. Made in q
minute" says the doctor. Sold by the
Meeker Drug Co.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Tho Wall street interests are so
afraid of Bryan that they are insur-
ing their watered stocks and mythi-
cal holdings against his possible cleo
tion. And yet there are some who
profess to believe that Taft is che
candidate of the people and worthy
successor of Roosevelt-The Lamar
Sparks.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

The best augury for Democratic
success in the approaching election
is the attitude of the Republican
press, which pretends to believe that
the Democracy made big mistake
in putting Bryan up for the third
time,
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Do you notice the similarity of the
editorials" appearing In the Repub-
lican state papers these days? The
Rittenhouse bureau is evidently at
work at the old stand again.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Just Exactly Right.

II have used DIR Kings New Life
Pills for several years and find them
just exactly right" says Mr. A A Eel
ton of Harrisvile, N Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discom-
fort. Best remedy for constipation,
biliousness aud malaria. 25c, by Meeker
Drug Co.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Candidate Taft received the official
notification Of his nomination at
Cincinnati last Tuesday Mr.. Tafts
acceptance speech is able, but con-
siderably out of tune with the plat
form on which he is running.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Democracy will go into the CAIN
paign with more enthusiasm than
they have felt since Appomattox,
says Goodwin's Weekly Qnd. Rep.)
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
A Desirable Lot for Sale.

Half OF lot 8, in block o, on Main
street, Meeker, for sale. Inquire at
this office.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

The man who is looking for trouble
can usually find 1t by rubbing the first
man he meets the wrong way
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Bromo- Fcbrin is the best remedy
for n cold on the market. For sale
at Strehlke's City Drug Store.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

When you go fishing guard against
u cold by taking along a box Of
Bromo- Febrin. For sale at City
Drug Store.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Money to Loan.

Unlimited money to loan on farm
security. Low interest. For partic-
ulars apply to F. +. Sheridan. (tf)
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

If a man expects woman to be
reasonable she thinks he is unreason-
able
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
~ OF Nebraska.
For Vice President.
JOHN W. KERN,
OF Indiana.

The full dinner pail' will not be
the potent factor in the pending cleo
toral contest that it was in that of
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Mormon Mack is Chairman.

At the meeting of the subcommit-
tee of the Democratic national COM
mittee. empowered to select a chair
man and other officers of the nation
al committee, and held Mt Chicago
last Saturday, the Democratic ma
tionai organization was completed as
follows
Chairman Norman +. Mack, of
Buffalo, N. Y.
Vice Chairman-L. z. Hall, Ne
braska.
N. G. Has
kelI, Oklahoma.
Sergeant-at-Arms- I. Martin,
Missouri.
Secretary = Urey Woodson, Ken
tucky. .r.l
Chairman of Newspaper Commit
tee-Henry Watterson, the famous
editor of the Courier Journal.
All are strong Bryan men.
Messrs. Bryan and Kern attended
the meeting of the subcommittee.
The selection of Mack, who is a
wealthy Buffalo newspaperman, as
chairman of the national committee.
means that the Democracy will carry
New York.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

You can catch q cold in the sum-
mer as we'll as at any other season.
Bromo- Febrin is sure preventative
of colds. For sale at Strehlke's City
Drug Store.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

VIII power is apt to 90 down and out
when it encounters the almighty dollar.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

Some people squander lot OF money
in try ing to make fools of themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

arrived in the city. and until they do very little can be done. Books for other schools in all of their grades have been in the citv depositorv for some time. and during the whole of the past week. pupils.-or should 1t be students. have been busy iAIking up their lists.
 A change from last year will be the fact that no eighth grade will be used in the schools Superintendent Floyd has so arranged matters that pupils sufficiently advanced for this course will be the first grade high school. To meet the neccessary demands for room, the Girls High School building on Lawrence Street has been remodelled on the second floor. Some of the space has been petitined of. and the place for the physical exercise reuuirred will necessarily be curtailed. In the Boys High School building this has not been necessary as there is room and to spare in the large building.
 Despite the smallness of .he school census just taken. large attendance is expected and has been provided for. While the numbers cannot be predict ed, 1t l. safe to say that a larger att tendance upon the combined schools of the city will be recorded than was for the year ending last June.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Council Meeting Tomorrow.

The regular semi-monthly meeting of. the City Council will be held tomor- row and several things of importance will come before that body.
 The meeting will either reject or &C., cept the proposition of the Birming- ham Gulf Railway and Navigating Company to build a depot and ware house and wharf upon the city lot at Bow and Franklin streets. This prop osition has been- looked into during the past two weeks by a special commit tee which was appointed by the last meeting and 1t is generally believed that the proposition will be accepted and that the city lot will be leased to the company for a number of years.
 The contract for the construction of the sanitary sewer across the north ern part of the city will also come before the meeting and the contract will probably be let. The committee composed of Mayor Atkins. City En- gineer Julien Smith and Councilman Jones will make recommendations that the contract be awarded to one of the bidders which they have selected. The work upon the construction of the sewer will be started during the pres ent week and the work upon 1t will be pushed forward as rapidly as pos sible funtil the sewer has been com pfeted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

Steel Corporation, the Sugar Trust, the Meat Trust and hundreds of other monopoltes that are plundering our laboring men through the increased cost of living are so interested in them that for their protection alone they sustain the benehcent tariff They actually gave millions to campaign committees that voters may be bought. that lobby may be maintained, that Congressman may be interested that that right men may be made Judges, that newspapers may be subsidized, and they do all this to keep the labor ing people from falling into pauperism. th every market In our country today the wives of workingmen, gripping in tneir hands the price of their husbands laoor, are paying to the great trusts TOT the necessaries of life at least so per cent more than they paid even ten years ago. Our laboring man does not need charity. but he does need justice. Yet said Tolstoi, we will do almost anything for the poor man anything but get off his back.
 If Congress should attempt direct " to nx the prices at which our do- mestlc manufacturers could sell their products, the United States Supreme Court would declare the act unconsti- tutional. Yet Congress indirectly by means of its taxing power and it's right to regulate foreign commerce. has maintained statutes for fifty years permitting the domestic manufacturer to enhance the price of necessaries of life to every man and woman in our land. The source of the trusts could be easily destroyed by removing the tariff, but that would stop contribu tions of campaign disbursements so our politicians continue the tariff and then as a remedy prescribe penal statutes, an Interstate Commerce Com mission, administrative tribunals and other similar measures.
 The trusts magnates own the mines and minerals, they own a considerahle part of the remaining forest lands they own the great railway systems they control the majority of manufac- tories and hold the franchises of the cities. Through these acautsitions they have become the rulers of our Republic without holding any onice whatever. But the people are slow to see the danger of such vast and fires ponsible power exercised by few men because they plot in secret and mine and countermine our public life. Eventually If they are not stopped they will reduce the American people to servitude. Our smaller manufacturers are beginning to realize what this means. They are coming to under stand that they receive little benefits rom a protective tariff and that the great combinations which sell them their raw material are the only re- cipients of its benefits. Sixty-two per cent of all importations into our coun- try today are for use in our manu- facures, and more than one-third of this 62 per cent is subject to duty. A large proportion of our manufactur- CTS will by and by appreciate this truth and when they do appreciate 1t their financial interests will make them a fighting force against protection"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Plan to Saue Railroads
 Thousands of Dollars

Washington, Sept 7.-(Special. J. Director George Otis Smith. of the United States Geological Survey. has invited officers of the leading railroads of the country to a conference on a cooperative plan by which 1t is ex- pected the railroads will be able to save thousands of dollars a year.
 The plan also contemplates most ef- fective assistance to the Government on the part of railroads. The time and place of the proposed conference is to be agreed on later.
 The scheme, which has already been approved by a number of the engineers of the big lines. is one for the gather ing of facts as to the amount of wa ter flowing in the rivers of the country under certain conditions and in differ ent periods of the year. Naturally the railroads have been chief sufferers from floods in the basins where their tracks He. They have suffered not only from damage to their own property but they have been sued by other corporations and private citizens on the ground that their bridges and culverts were the causes of flood damage. The railroad authorities have felt that many judg- ments against the roads might not have been rendered if they had been able to produce authentic figures on floods. But they have not been able to do this.
 Conservation Commission.
 The National Conservation Commits sion has been advised of the proposed plan and whatever results come from 1t will undoubtedly be considered by the Commission at its joint meeting with the Governors of the States, or their representatives. here next Decem- Der.
 The survey suggests that the rail- road companies establish gauges on their bridges and culverts and appoint some of their employees to take daily readings. The survey agrees to have its experts make frequent visits to these stations and take actual cur rent meter measurements so that O rating table of each channel will be available.
 For many years the survey has been studying the difference in the flow of rivers in various basins in the coun- try. At present 1t is engaged in put ting the information gained by its study into shape for the use of the National Conservation Commission. to- gether with other information which it is gathering especially for the in- ventory of the country's natural re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Ready for Fall Business.


 Is better prepared than ever before to meet the demands of an increasins business.
 Bulbs and Plants.
 We have 25,O00 bulbs of. all kinds which we sell by the dozen or hundred, an low as any Northern seed house. Our greenhouses are packed to the doors with palms, ferns and other plants. over 5000 of which are in splendid selling condition. A price list will be mailed free to all applicants.
 Wedding and Funeral Flowers. We grow flowers in such quantities that we can meet any demand made on us, and all bouquets and designs are artisticaIIy made with the choicest flowers. Out of town parties can wire or phone us and depend on the order being promptly AlIed.
 Cut Flowers. We have 10,O00 mums, 3O,OO0 carna- tiOns and 10000 roses to cut from. We are also growing 5000 Easter lilies, 5O,OOO hyacinths and narcissus and 500 lily of the valley weekly.
 Flower Store.
 On January 1st next we will occupy the store next to the pOstOface with . conservatory 6Ox30 in the rear, we will make this the finest flower shop in the South. RosemOnt Gardens MOntgOm- cry, Ala. Phone zoo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

mouth with some lining which he tore out of my jacket"
 T afterwards became unconscious and l don't remember what followed until the young man Liscombe gave me drink of water this morning."
 Liscombe states that he was going to work at 6 o'clock and noticed the sack in which the girl was tied. She was unconscious. Her head and feet protruded from the bag; her hair and hair-ribbon was tied lightly around her throat, and her white gloves vera stuffed into her mouth. Six heavy bricks rested upon her. as she describ- ed At first he thought she was dead but he fetched her some brandy. and In half an hours time she recovered consciousness.
 On being taken home the girl was evidently in state of severe prostra- tion' and some hours elapsed before she could tell the story narrated.
 It is stated that save for the ah sence of marks to be expected from prick being forced into her mouth. all all appearances support her story. She IS otherwise unharmed.
 According to her description. her as- ssailant Is a man from 25 to a5 vaars of age. wearing dark suit, straw hat and brown boots, He wore A ring and spoke iu "a superior tone of voice s This description agrees with that of man who a fortnight ago attacke young woman in a lane half a mile distant from the scene of NslIje Flintoft's adventure.
 Several complaints of the moIesta- ton of girls in the neigh borhood have been received by the police.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Tale Of Nature Fakir Causes
 Slaughter Of Kings English

those birds are dropping into that chimney at the rate of forty per sec ond?
 "Ach, himmell 'Gehabt haben we- worden gewesen sein,' about dat. vat you know. aindt id?" commented Bag gy Trousers.
 Now. running on my calculation to the second" said the first spectator, there must be at least 5000 chimney sweeps in that tall chimney. I won der how they all get in there. and I wonder how they stay when they do."
 'Und did you cound init dose birds, didn't id?"
 Certainly"
 ''Nein. vat you tid. tid youT'
 "Cheze und Krack -e-ers," responded Bags.
 "Aw. forget it," said the first spec tator. "go and twiddle your thumbs and debate on the whatness of Is, or did 1t or not.''
 "Oh-h-h, we'll, if i'd didn't wy iss i'd? Warum i'd had. vry did id;-"
 But the chimney sweeps had all de- scended into the chimney and the din- ner bell stopped further discussion upon points involved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Parental Discipline to Be
 Transferred to School Walls

Shufding, dragging feet, the raucous sound of the craked bell in the hands of the 3anitor. the smiling face of Sup erintendant Floyd. little girls in new dresses with their fingers fin their mouths. small boys irrepressible in their nagging of last years teachers pet" incorrobible big bows with their faces shining clean and their feelings sorely hurt thereby. standing awkward ly first on one foot and then on t'other, all these and more will greet the open ing of the city's schools this morning at o'clock.
 Three months of agony for everyone concerned. The schoolbov's tale the wonder of an hour. will be heard to- night by fond parents. while on the morrow father will be telling son all about the Latin language. and make 1t convenient to be at the club during the study hour of the following night
 New disputes and many of last years unsettled feuds will be found for the entertainment of those directly inter ested, while black eyes and torn clothes will keep mother worried. father ir- ritated, and the doctor supplied with the necessary for ton or so of coal.
 There Is but one spark Rladness for the day. The books for the students of the Girls High School have not yet