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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
BURLESON TALKS
 ON MANY MATTERS Texas Congressman CriticiseS
 Remedial Bills LIVELY TILT WITH PAYNE New Yorker Takes BurIeson To Task On His Views Toward Certain
 Newspapers and Receives
 Very Warm Reply.
LIVELY TILT WITH PAYNE

Washington, January 1.-The recent financial panic formed the basis of a brief speech in the House today by MT. Burleson of Texas. He said he would not attempt to place the responsibility for such condition, but it was a fact that Senator Foraker had practically charged that President Roosevelt was re- sponsible. Indeed, he said, there were numerous old time republican leaders on the floor of the House who were of the same opinion. The country had been on the tip toe of expectancy. he said, for remedy. Both Senators Aldrich and Culberson had offered measures which he presumed reflected in the first instance "the will of the reprSfiean party" and in the second instance "the democratic view of the measures which should be enacted into law. It was a matter of particular concern, he maintained, wheth- CT either of those bills legislated for a SD - class or whether they we're in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Week of Prayer Closes.

The week of prayer which has been ob- served by the Presbyterian congregations of Birmingham will close this afternoon at 3 o'clock in a joint communion service at the First Presbyterian church. All Pres byterians in the city are invited to unite in this worship and a large attendance is expected,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12


 than one man in le democratic party of candidate for the presidency at the next election"
 Not by any means" shouted MT. Burle- son. He said 1t did not rest with him to read metropolitan or weekly journals out of the democratic party. On the contrary there had been a disposition by republican leaders to read out of the re- publican party papers that have not ap- proved of the republican platform and policies advocated by President Roosevelt. Isn't it the leading offense that the New York World proclaims daily and boldly that there are other gentlemen in the democratic party than the one peer less leader, who are competent and able to fill the President chair?" MT. Payne in- quired.
 If it does" replied MT Burleson, 'it only states a fact
 The incident was then closed and Mir. Burleson sent to the desk and had read an editorial in the Philadelphia North American yesterday under the heading Real and Wrong Remedies
 MT. Burleson declared that already num- erous senators had shown dissatisfac- ton with the Aldrich bill and had offered many amendments. Then raising his voice to a high pitch and facing the re- publican side, he said:
 You are directly responsible to the people, you are the direct representatives of the people and will be amenable to them for your conduct in connection with these measures in the fall elections" He declared that the opposition in the House to the Aldrich bill is greater than that in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
STUDENTS REBEL
 AT CONDITIONS Large Number Leave Institution
 At StarkviIIe MANY OF THEM DISMISSED President Hardy Is Sustained By the Board of Trustees In His Atti-
 tude Toward RebeIlious
 Students.
MANY OF THEM DISMISSED

Jackson, Miss, January u.-(Special.)- Members of the senior class at the Agri- cultural and Mechanical college, num- bering 65, were in Jackson today. They report a bad condition of affairs there and predict that disclosures will be made before the board of trustees next Monday that will open. the eyes of the people of the state. Conditions had become so un- bearable about the mess hall, with scant and badly cooked food, worse service and filthy dishes, that on December 12 the senior class presented a petition drafted by committee of which E. R. Blanton O. Holly Springs. one of the most popu- lar students on the campus. was a mem Der, to President Hardy asking improve ments.
 The president told the class he knew conditions were bad and promised to im- prove them, which he has done to some extent, and there would have been no further trouble except for the dismissal of Blanton as a disturbing element" The entire class then resigned and the freshman class, still larger, has said that it will resign.
 President Hardy was here yesterday and takes the position that he is in the right, but if he sticks to that proposition, the trouble will never be cured and the big school badly crippled say the young men here today. The class executive committee will meet with the trustees Monday at Starkville, and racy devel- opments are promised.
 A special from Starkville to the Clarion Ledger signed by inc executive commits tee of the board of trustees says the in- vestigation shows that President Hardy is right and that all boys who do not return to their duties are declared in rebellion and dismissed. Invitation was extended to all to return and 300, which is more than hald did so.
 A handsome oil portrait of the late Senator J. z. George, father and de- fender of the constitution of Mississippi, which eliminates the negro as a political factor in the state, has been prestented to the department of archives and his- tory by his family, and same will be un- yelled in representatives hall, January %, John Sharp Williams making the presentation speech, and acceptance by Dr. Dunbar Rowland, state archivist.
 State Treasurer Miller issued a state ment of the condition of the treasury tonight showing cash on hand. $2SS, ,103 .G9, Against this warrants are outstanding for S74,000. Total receipts since October last were nearly $1,0000O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Hattiesburg is taking the lead in this movement, because 1t is apparent that the connecting of this city with the gulf by water would mean the building~ef ar other great southern metropolis at this point It has been shown that coal on barges could be brought here from the interior of Alabama and un- loaded at the Hattiesburg wharf without a shift of freight. All the interior coun- try would get it's coal supply here, and, by reason of its cheap coal, Hattiesburg would become the manufacturing center of the state. All the cotton grown south of the Alabama and Vicksburg railroad would come to this city for shipment by barge to vessels lying in the Scranton harbor. The lumber trade would be greatly benefited, for the mills of this section would then have access to the export trade from which they are now, to some extent. barred by reason of the expense of shipping to the gulf by rail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

woman to go on the stage, and 7ane back to it in later life to die It has been owned by J. D. Roquemore for same years. The purchasers were H. w. Faneh- CT and w B. Gilmer. the price being paid in cash. It is one of the largest cash transactions for some time
 It is regarded as remarkable tha. the postoffice receipts ran up as they did, because the last three months of the year was just in the worst of the depression. Be this as it may, the holiday busldass of the postoffice and the express office was far above anything ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
New operations.
Mir. Bryan .sot Coming.

MT 1T Jal IVOl OUInTHy.
 News has been received that the in vitation of the city to William J. Bryan to come here January 24, had to be de- clined because the Nebraskan has so many engagements he will not have the time. It was hoped that he could be in- duced to come on here from Birmingham. where he will be January g, but the time could not be spared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
HARD TIMES SHED THE CAPITAL CITY Many Evidences of Prosperity
 in Montgomery AN EDUCATIONAL MEETING Superintendent eunnelIs Is Preparing For Meeting of State Association
 In the spring-He Wants
 Large Attendance.
AN EDUCATIONAL MEETING

Montgomery, January 11.-(Speeial)- That hard times have almost shied around the Capital City of Alabama is evidenced many .a1a af vlaptatioY,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
MAY IMPROVE THE INLAND WATERWAYS People of Southeast Mississippi
 Are Interested TO SURVEY LEAF RIVER Congressman E. J. Bowers Introduces Bill In Congress Asking for the
 Necessary Appro-
 priation.

Hattiesburg, Miss, January 11.-(Spe- cial. .)-There is just now on foot a we'll advanced scheme for the improvement of the inland waterways of southeast Missis- sippi, which, if successful, will in a great measure transform the transportation system of this part of the state and large part of Alabama, and bring the in- terior of this state 100 miles nearer to deep water connections. This scheme contem- plates the opening for navigation of Leaf river as far as Hattiesburg, and the dredging of the Pascagoula and the Chickasaw rivers as far as navigation is found practical.
 It is regarded as quite feasible, at small cost to make these rivers navig- able for light draft vessels the year around. In the case of Leaf and Pascag- oula rivers, for instance, 10O-foot chan mel, with a minimum of two-foot depth alreadNis found, and this minimum depth can be increased to five feet with only the removal of snags and the straight ening of curves Navigation on these rivers would be as placid as on a canal, for the reason that they are interrupted
  would not be removed by the process of strengthening the channel.
 Congressman E. J. Bowers, represent ing this district in Congress, has already introduced a bill for an appropriation to cover the cost of survey of Leaf river, with a view to opening it to navigation, and, if the survey shall be obtained, it is not doubted that the results will make such a showing of feasibility that Con gress will be easily induced to take up the further task of river improvement.
 As the result of the recent conference on waterways held at Jackson, it has been learned that the best way to secure as- sistance of Congress In an undertaking of this character is by organizing and arousing public sentiment that will exert the necessary pressure on the congress- men, and with this end in view, 1t has been decided to hold a convention in this city at an early day when all the coun- try to be affected by the improvement of these rivers will be represented. All the towns from Meridian to Scranton will be invited to send delegates, and the Ala bama towns contiguous to the Chick asawa river will be included in the call. This convention will be expected to form permanent organization, ana commit tees will be named to gather data con- corning the navigation of the streams, with information as to the traffic likely to be accommodated when the streams shall nave been improved. Certificates have already been procured showing that in the early days the Leaf river was navigated as- far as Hattiesburg, and from this point all the cotton of the interior adjacent country was sent to the y11lf hU wal ar Inn raffpd down. and the merchants, up and down the stream, got their stocks of goods by steamboat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
For Wire Reports.

The Board of Trade which has been organized to secure the market reports by wire, elected the following officers J. c. Haas, president; J. B. Ferrall vice president; F. G. Hammond, secretary; w. M. Marks, treasurer, with these officers and s. Roman, A. Kahn. A. J. Conroy, F. F. Johnstone and Frank Peabody, direc- tors. Arrangements for the reports will be made at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Educational Meeting.

State Superintendent of Education il. c. Gunnells is sending out letters to che various county saperintendents encourag- ing them to do everything possible 70 make the spring meeting of the State Educational association here a grand sllc- cess. To each one he says T am very anxious that as many of your teachers as possible attend this meeting. There is no way of calculating the benefit which comes to the conscientious teacher by at tending these educational meetings and mingiing with fellow teachers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

r Y. l F. Johnstone and Frank Peabody drec- 1 tors. Arrangements for the reports will | be made at once.
 Charge of Forgery T. E. Grimes, Jr, who says he comes l from Hendersonville, N. C., is held by l the police charge of trying to pass | a forged check. Grimes is said to have 1 offered the check to local parties and when refused, forged the name of hotel man as an indorser. Crimes wife, a ] handsome girl of IT, was first held as an l accomplce, but later released the chief 1 feeling sure that she did not have any | hand in it.
 Wilson In Trouble. The police have taken up H. w Wilson, 1 alias H. W. Hayssen, on charge that he manipulated Central American coins l to the collection of lot of good money. | He is said to have had the coins and | would ask for change, or make a small ] purchase. The coins would get into the l change given him. he would complain and the giver would in most cases give him local money for it. He was fined l on several charges.
 Hare Gets Place. c. l.. Hare, assistant professor of 1 chemistry at the Auburn Polytechnic n- stitute, has been appointed statistician of the government for Alabama, taking | the place formerly held by Gen. J. H. l Lane. He is employed by the bureau of I statistics. He will assemble live stock, 1 farming and timber data, with some I along mineral lines.
 Celner Is Dead. Isador Celner, who shot himself acci- 1 dentally a few days ago, while in bed l sick with grip, died Saturday morning. | He was 42 years of age and well known | travelling man. The Elks saw that he wanted for no comfort to the last 1 Died Like Husband. 1 Mrs. c. c. Byrd, aged 32 years, arose | Friday night to get drink of water. l As she stood at the pitcher she dropped | to the floor dead. On October 28, last l her husband, c. c. Byrd, died in the
 same way, having gotten up to get a l drink of water. The malady in both cases
 was apoplexy.
 Republicans Busy.
 c. H. Scott, one of the Alabama re- | publican referees of Alabama, has has | tened to Washington on some sort ol | political call. Just what he is after i,
 not known. Mr. Scott is for Taft ano | it is understood the Taft men are stand
 ing out for republican representation thi. ] year on the basis of republican vote | while the other side is said to want tt
 make the population the basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

State Treasurer Miller issued a state ment of the condition of the treasury tonight showing cash on hand. $2SS, ,1O3 G9, Against this warrants are outstanding for S74,O0O. Total receipts since October last were nearly S1 OOO0O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12


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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23

In acute disease simplicity should
% the rule. There can be no reason.
hle objection. so long as the patient
s seriously i'll, to a uniformity of diet
II which a healthy person might com
plain. 1t is only when convalescence
commences that the appetite of the pa.
tie0t may tempt him to run risks.
though more often it is the unwise
solici;ude of his friends, who press
upon him articles of food he is better
without.
1t should be remembered that acute
illness abolishes, or at least diminish
es, the activity of the glands which
secrete the juices by which our food
is digested, and that during GONZALES
cence these functions are only re.
gained slowly; so that food should
be given in form that is easily as
simulated, and the organs of digestion
should not be taxed to the normal
extent until some weeks have elapsed.
AS one of the effects. undoubtedly
promoted by cooking is to effect, at
least partially, those changes by which
the food is made assimilahle, it is
a good rule to give only cooked food,
but to this rule there are some ex-
ceptions, of which milk is the most i'm
portant. The juice of fresh fruit is
another.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
Mistrusted.

Mark Twain was talking about the
famous robbery in his beautiful coun.
try house.
Had l still been living in Hart.
ford he said whimsically, some of
my Hartford friends would certainly
have accused me of robbing myself.
They had poor opinion of me in that
town.
Marshall Jewett, the ex-governor,
used to take up the collection in our
Hartford church. They never asked
me to take it up. fretted a good deal
over this matter
See here. Jewett.' said one day,
they let you take Up the collection
every Sunday, but they would never
let me do it,
"Oh. yes, they would. said Jew
ett-'that is, with bell-punch. like
the horse-car conductors use.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
THREE CURES Of
SEVERE ECZEMA
Michigan Woman Tells ofHer Broth
er's Terrible Suffering with the
Disease-Grardchild and Another
Baby also Permanently Cured.
CUTlCURA REMEDIES
PROVED INVALUABLE

"My brother had eczema three diff
ferent summers. About the same time
each summer it came out between his
shoulders and down his back, and he said
his suffering was terrible. He used diff
ferent kinds of medicines that were said
to be good for that disease, but nothing
seemed to do him much good. When it
came on the third summer, he bought q
box of Cuticura Ointment and gave it
faithful trial. Soon he began to feel
better and he cured himself entirely
with Cuticura and has never been
bothered with eczema since. He also
used Cuticura to cure a bunch over his
eye and terrible corn which was so bad
that he could not wear his shoe. A
lady in Indiana heard of how my daugh-
ter, Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it. She used Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment and il
cured her child entirely, and the disease
never came back. Mrs. Sarah Z. Lusk,
81 Peckham St., Coldwater, Mich, Aug.
10 and Sept. ?, 1907"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
WILD ANIMALS ALWAYS LEAN
Surplus Fat Would Mean Destruction
by TIER Enemies.

Among wild animals, where the
struggle for existence is most severe
surplus fat is very rarely found, The
wild boar is lean fleet of foot anC
powerful in strel~th. The razorbacl
hog OF the southern states, lean and
gaunt, is nothing more than the do
mesticated hog witch has been per
n,itted TO run Wild. The same hos
when penned so as to restrict his ex
ertions and fed on fat ening foods
stores the unsDent energy in his body
as fat and becomes TIE almost leg
less ball of fat we see pictured in
feed catalogues and live stock jour.
nails. Such a hog hes no duties to
perform in its sfru rGle for existence.
Its food is furnished T. wi hout effort
on It's own rart II fa8 no enemies
TO oppose aad overcome Such a hog
would be inn oesible in a wild state.
for as soon as the helplessness from
fat began to manifest itself the ami
NAL would fall victim to some Of its
enemies.
The flesh of man is very sinilar
to that of the hog. and this is why
the eating of swine was prohibited by
the ancients and is yet forbidden by
the Jews.
Many people whose struggle for life
is lessened by ease :nd plenty, whose
food supply Genes without effort, who
have little wor,. . ierfDvn, and who
do not enter into the battle of life,
attain condition very similar to that
of the fattenod beg.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
Porto Rican English.

The English language may be stead.
lily encroaching upon TIE Spanish in
Porto Rico since our occupation on
the island, but at least the Porto
Ricans seem to be making some re-
arrangement of the new tongue so
that 1t may conform somewhat to
Spanish idess.
For instance, in recent issue Of a
San Juan paper there appears the an
nouncement Of "mitin" to take place
at such and such a time, and at such
and such place-a political "mitin,"
in fact
Which, in case there are readers
who are still mystified, is a good.
rapid-transit version of our friend.
meeting" arranged to suit Spanish
eyes and threats.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
koteIs Keep clear Money for chann,

Hotels Keep Clean Money for Change
Giving out fresh. clean currency in
change is not a new custom In the ho
tells here, but it is a pleasing one to
travellers from the west and the south
where a dollar bill is made to do long
hard service for its country" said Mr.
Fred Sterry, managing director of the
Plaza "A well-bred woman never
feels more hurt than when soiled bank
notes are given to her in exchange
for draft. This is perhaps necessary
in the stores. but every first-class no
tel keeps new money on hand for its
customers, and sends the old to the
bank for deposit New York Herald.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23

THE Indians killed only enough
game to supply them with food. Few
modern sportsmen follow that rule"
NO." replied the amateur hunter,
but a lot of US would like to il we
only could"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
SCOTS
EMULSION

Half a teaspoonful three or
four times a day in its bottle
will have the desired effect. 1t
seems to have a magical effect
upon babies and children. A
fifty-cent bottle will prove the
truth of our statements.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23

Send this advertisement together with name
Of paper IN which II appears your address and
four cents to cover postage. and we viii send
you Complete Handy Atlas Of the World"
SCOTT 8 BOVINE. 400 Pearl st.. New York
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-23
Money to Loan

| make loans in any amount from $500
and up on Farm and Timber Lands
The larger the loan the better it suits
Lille of Loans from two to hive years
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-30
HilFuI DOO6lNG.

The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot indig.
nantly resents the charge that we made
recently that it and certain other Dem
ocratic papers in Virginia are the advo-
Gates of the fundamental principle of
Democracy, free-trade. Under the
head, "Wilful Blindness" our Norfolk
contemporary thus takes US to task:
This paper is not an absolute free
trader, as anybody who reads it with
an open and unbiased mind must know.
Absolute free trade is not
practicable, and no country in the world
OF any Importance, so far as our know
iedge goes, attempts to practice il, not
even England, which is usually, though
enormously referred to as free-trade
England. But what we do believe in.
and 1t is what Democracy believes and
has always believed in, is q tariff for
revenue only, the protective feature
being merely incidental"
How long has it been since our es-
teemed Norfolk contemporary was ex-
horting the Democracy to return to the
Constitution and to the fundamental
doctrines of the Democratic party? How
long has it been since the Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot declared:
To be Democrat in the sense now
popularity accepted is to deny nearly
everything which the name formerly
conveyed and to champion theories and
practices in antagonism to which the
name acquired significance.
Among the theories the Virginian-
Pilot charged that the Democrats had
deserted, it enumerated: "Strict con-
struction, States Rights. Hard Money
and Home Rule"
When cid the "Strict Construction
lists" cease to claim that a tariff levied
for protection, incidentally or other
wise, was vicious and unconstitutional?
How long has it been since the Jeffer-
sonian and Jacksonian Democrats had for
their most sacred slogan, Free Trade
and Sailors Rights?" How long has it
been since the mongrol theory tariff
for revenue, with incidental protection"
became a periodical doctrine of the
Democratic party? Why was it that
he Democratic party in its platform of
1872 said: 1--WE declare it to be fun