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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-14
Mr.. Reessx,t Comma south.

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bAma Great s0u;hsra March ~. lpsor.
nation received here IL 10 the effect
that the party slll hoard The Aiabana
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pFsNlasa,s yueh, sih hs vAl,iaG 70 ~
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13

laugh looks up sorter 'spectn to see his gramna
en- Ole Marster bout his age"
Uncle Willyum was always busy He gathered
beer bottles and other junk, in the winter and Sold
much or It, What he didn't sell he stored awav in
MS little old tumble-down cabin the interior of
Whlcn mad warm, subdued odor that to a soutb
erh-ralsed boy brought back, reminiscently the
atmosphere of Black Mammys cabin in the omar
ters" ~
Uncle W1llyum's home was astonishing as to it's
contents 1t seemed so crowded with things and
pieces OF things that were, apparently so entirely
useless, Yet, almost every day, Unc' Willyum car
RED something out of all this truck to somebody
that wanted just that thing. Besides this source
OF income Unc' Wiyum did quiet trade in new
potatoes in the spring and watermelons in the
summer. He was in short, busy man of COM
mercia instincts, but he did not work over quota.
lions and his stock in trade seemed to be mex
haustible as well ever seasonable.
These facts simply throw a little light on some
vague hints that Unc Willyum had now and then
given Tom Jarvis during the two or three years
Immediately preceding this introduction to young
Mr.. Jarvis.
Uncle Willyum had said: "Mahs Tom yo' Unc'
Willyum has er monsts sight leanin toads yo
Fur one thing, kase yo' looks much lax yo'
grampa did wen he was size yo, en- eff sometime
yo' gwine to lax to go away fun heah-yo' jes
come see yo' Unc' Wiyum. He gwine to give yo'
some monst's good a'vice, an somepin-nevah
mine' The last two words with rising infection.
The domestic thermometer had marked away be-
low blood heat for Tom at the Jarvis home and
the sign had continued to sink, when one day Tom
went to the old negro and said:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13

WIDOW Beauclercs eloquent tales and reminis-
oehces or her Rhineand home
vi course all this added to the scandalous worth.
iessness OF Tom Jarvis character in the village
@ 'ue beduciercs were not of the merchant
prince set,-as 1t were, so to speak and all that
ao nauseum. Tom cared about as much for all this
DIS ne did for the boot of self-suffcient owl on
the lonesome limb of hollow tree down nv the
creek, in Watsons woods
Home kept growing colder for Tom month NV
montn. The others-even the step-mother assist.
lhg-1nade 1T cold. He got to be regarded as utter
~ worthless and without promise He was not
FACTOR in anything, except at the Widow Bean
ciercs, and he was beginning to feel that his
friendship there was calculated to do them some
passing thought among the busy ones that he was
possessed of very able-bodied appetite for one
VINO did nothing to produce what was eaten He
was little else than accepted burden-accepted
with small grace
Besides the Beauclercs, Tom had one good friend
however. rms was an aged negro that had former.
~ belonged to the Bascom family, down in Ken
lucky.
Ioms maternal grandfather, Col Tom Bascom
had migrated from Kentucky to Illinois, manv
years BEFORE bringing his wife and daughter and a
punch OF negro slaves. The daughter Toms
mother the old colonel, the grandmother. and all
the negroes-who had become free in Illinois
were long since dead, except "Unc Wilyum."
Toms sable friend.
That dark sage frequently declared: Young
Marse 1om is jes de spit his grampa He got
de same motion an sometimes wen is hear him
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
Toms mother.

Toms mother o Vi
mere mad been some attempts to get Tom into
so,he sort OF merchandising seeing that he did not
TAKE 10 dry goods. But all had failed And vet he
had mead for figures Somehow he had secured
d great Dig book about the size of an unabridged
9lcuonary' the title of which was "IJre on Arts
siahuiactures and Mines and the mental deyour
ing o! that was about his only occupation How
ever Tom played the fiddle much better than any
one else IN the village or that had ever been heard
mere. but they said he was stuck up" about that
or TOO lazy, for he continuously and stubborn1v re
parties. " - INC 'iii"se
Fact is, Tom, didn't know exactly what TO do
In the way of sef-sustainng work. and VET he was
great hulk of fellow, twenty-five years old He
nau no naoits or any kind, good bad except
mat OF sitting about on fences and pine hacking.
boxes whiting with big jack-knife
The only girl that seemed to attract him was
irene Beauclerc, but she was only slip of a little
maid eleven or twelve years old, daughter of the
WIDOW Beauclerc, who took in washing"
mere was no doubt that Tom cared more for
irene imam for anybody else on earth and he snent
huch time, evenings at the widows cottage
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13

-
man. and had seen better
days, but she seldom said
anything about that. Her
husband had been a musi-
clan, especially a violin
list, and he was born in
Alsatian. Years before.
this Alsatian violinist had
come to America with a
German music corps, Civ
Ing concerts in the cities
of the United States. At
Springfield he died sud
denly and his young wife
with the baby, Irene. had
taken the small amount
or money that the hus-
band and father left, and
the purse that had been
raised for her among
the members of the music
corps, and bought for her
self the tiny cottage and
little garden spot in the
village where Tom was
born and raised" She
mad earned a comfortable
living for herself and
little one by laundry work
and had lived in hope of
some time saving enough
to pay up the back in
debtedness on the cottage
and perhaps some time
go back to her people of
dear Alt Faderland."
The widow had bravely
kept her husbands violin.
a very valuable and rich
toned instrument, and
there were signs that
irene had inherited his
musical talent, if not
genius. Tom Jarvis loved
to perform upon his violin
and he had begun to
teach what he knew of it
to the girl. Besides he
was always pleased with
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
BY VIM. LIGHTFOOT
VISSCHER.

ON JARVIS had not been able to
make himself valuable at home.
1t was a big, cold sort of a home
In a village of central Illinois,
Tom had a brother, two years
younger, who took to his fathers
dry goods store with the same
facility that young duck does
to a puddle. Then there was a
sister, a little lady of the second
crop, for Toms father had mar.
rled again, after the death of
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28

House. She carried an elaborate
line of samples and made entic-
ing prices. Fine silks that retail
at big prices were offered as low
as twenty-five cents per yard. A
number of Danville ladies bought
heavily, paid in advance for the
goods, which were never deliver
ed and never will be. Some days
later an upholstering man came
along gathering up furniture
which he proposed to do over.
He took the furniture but has
never shown up and many are
anxiously awaiting his return.
The moral of these experiences
is that the citizens of every town
should deal with their home peo-
pie who they know are response
BILE. -Danville Advocate.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
The Outlook For General Trade.

The test of retail demand and
general consumption indicate a
steady, though slow, recovery
from the depression which has
prevailed for year.
Business is not normal, but it
is not far from it in some lines.
The better class of investment
securities are fairly well held, as
far as prices are concerned, and
even the speculative portion
shows decided strength.
Conditions surrounding iron
and steel are good. Building is
expanding, and there is a dispo-
sition on the part of the railroads
to order more freely. Some of
the leading systems are ordering
new cars, and, as these are made
largely of steel and iron, it has
significance in showing that the
railroads can not keep out of the
market permanently. If buying
of rails were on a line with other
purchases the output. of iron
would be not far from what it
was during the best months in
other years.
1t has been noted that labor is
better employed and that the de-
mand is improving from month
to month. In this connection
another fact is to be noted. Inn
migration has begun. Steerage
arrivals for the last month are in
excess of the departures. This
is construed to mean less idleness
among day laborers. Were it
otherwise, the departures would
be in excess of the arrivals.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
The First Instance.

When Judge William H. Taft,
the Republican candidate for the
Presidency, undertook his west
ern speaking tour, he was accom-
panied by three trained news
paper men, who are on the pay
roll of the Republican National
Committee. This is the first in
stance in the history of the Re-
public that a candidate for the
great office of President has felt
the necessity of having attached
to him the modern press agent.
The fact that Judge Taft has on
his train three newspaper men,
who are supposed to look after
the publicity end of this western
trip, is indicative of the extrem-
ity in which he finds himself.
There is striking contrast in
the campaigns OF the great men
who have aspired to the Presi-
dency in the past and that of the
Republican candidate this year.
George Washington and all his
immediate successors reached the
voting public on horseback.
Look at the father of Injunction
in comparison. Before entering
upon his first campaign tour, he
needs have a special train a force
of press agents, who do not work
for newspapers but for the trust
ridden Republican party, and a
postal card system begging the
presence of voters to greet him
at railroad stations. Sun.
WANTED-Live. Red and Gray
foxes. Will pay S1.25 $500 each
and express charges.
w. T. Hodgen, Box 232,
Campbellsvllle, KY.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
The Drought Of 1854.

The year 1854 was the dryest
ever known in Kentucky. 1t was
the dryest we have had since that
date. l was acquainted with old
persons who could recollect way
back to the first settlement OF
the State and they had never
seen or heard of such a dorught.
There was a heavy rain about
the last of May, which washed
the fencing off, carried away
bridges and washed the soil
away. After the great rain it
did not rain any more until the
first of October following. The
creeks, ponds and nearly all of
the springs went dry. Farmers
had to dig for water for family
use and for their stock. A great
many farmers hauled water from
the Big Spring at Georgetown
and from Elkhorn, writes A. E.
Stockdell in the Georgetown
Times.
There was a light crop of
wheat; very little hay and less of
vegetables and but little corn,
from one to twelve bushels per
acre, and most of that of an in
ferior quality. In the north
western part of the county there
was large part of the land in a
state of nature, c overed with large
white oak trees and all Of them
full of acorns, which was used
instead of corn to fatten hogs,
and what acorns were left over
the stock hogs had to winter on.
On the 18th day of February,
1856, it turned cold and remained
cold until the middle of March.
About the time it turned cold
mast in the woods gave out and
a large per cent of hogs died; al
so some horses, cattle and sheep
died.
There were good crops Of corn
in Indiana, but it was very hard
to get into Kentucky, as there
were but two railroads in the
State; one from Louisville to
Lexington and one from Coving-
ton to Lexington. Corn had to
be hauled in wagons from the
stations. y
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
A Dodge.

Instead of meeting the issue
fairly and squarely, the. Republi-
can spell binders sent out by the
Republicans in this campaign, en-
tirely dodge the important issues
Of tariff, publicity of campaign
contributions, the unjust oppres-
sions of the trusts, etc., and try to
fall back on the free silver ques-
ton that was advocated by Mr..
Bryan in his former campaigns,
when they know it is as dead as a
door-nail, and has been ever since
the unexpected discovery of i'm
mense amounts of gold in Alaska
and other rich gold fields. They
try to dodge the question of the
present Republican panic by say
ing that the Republican party is
the only party that can cure a
panic. The medical profession
says that it is easier to prevent a
disease than to cure the disease
after it has got you down. On
the same line of reasoning it seem
that it would be easier to prevent
a panic than to remedy, and cure
it after the whole country has
been in the grip of a serious panic
for a year. All this panic has
been under the complete rule of
the Republicans and it does seem
that it is time to change doctors.
The patient : is sick sick into
death, and it is time to try a Dem
ocratic doctors. 1t is Bryan and
the masses, or Taft and the class
es; choose we this day whom We
will serve:- Allen county Times.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
Woman fakir Sells Rich Silks.

Some weeks ago a lady came
to Danville representing herself
as sales lady and advertising
agent for a large New York Silk
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28

A report from Menifee county
states that three different build
ings used for school purposes
were burned within 80 days at
Mariba. The schoolhouse was
first burned, then two other
buildings were rented for the pur-
pose, when each Of them was
burned.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
James I. GiImer,
A Native Of Columbia, Acquires
An Interest in a Large Dry
Goods Concern.

vlrtlSer. The subject is son o.
Mr.. Alfred Gilmer, who was
merchant in Columbia for many
years. Jimmie T." as he was
Familiarity called here, left this
place with his father and sisters
for Missouri when he was about
twelve years old. He entered
dry goods store as a clerk before
he reached his majority, and has
been remarkably successful, as
the article which follows shows:
]. T. Gilmer, one of the best
known and most progressive OF
the younger business men OF
Kansas City, has acquired an in
terest in the Knowles Dry Goods
Company of Montgomery and in
future will devote his entire time
to the active management of the
merchandise end of that we'll
known dry goods house. I'M
pressed with the great CONNER
cial possibilities of Montgomery,
Mr.. Gilmer has left Kansas City,
where he had the most fiattering
business prospects, and come to
Montgomery to assist in widen
ing the already large business of
the Knowles Dry Goods Compa-
ny.
MIR. Gilmer has been twenty
years in the dry goods business.
He is one of the best known men
in his line in the country. For
the last five years he has been
the buyer of the Jones Dry Goods
Company, one of the big dry
goods concerns of the West. AS
buyer for this large house, he
has each year visited the largest
American and European markets.
Six weeks ago he had no idea of
leaving Kansas City. He was
successful in his business and a
fattering future was opened to
him He had just returned from
buying trip to European mar
kets. A. H. Munger, the we'll
known business man of Kansas
City, member Of the firm of
Burnham, Hanna, Munger Com
pany, interested him in the
Knowles Dry Goods Company,
and the fine commercial pros
poets in Montgomery.
He came to Montgomery to
look over the field. The more
he looked the better pleased he
was. He spent thirty days in
the city carefully going over the
situation. By the end of that
time he had acquired an active
interest in the Knowles Dry
Goods Company, and was most
enthusiastic over the Montgom-
cry outlook.
He was not only pleased with
the city as a business center, but
was delighted with the city as a
place of residence.
Mr. Gilmer has already formu-
lated a number of plans for the
increase of the business of his
company in Montgomery, which
is one of the best known dry
goods concerns in Alabama. He
proposed to make it one of the
best known in the South, and he
will devote his entire time to its
upbuilding. His wide experience
in buying has given him a splen-
did equipment for taking charge
Of the merchandise end Of the
company's business.
Mr.. Gilmer is from a well
known Southern family. AL
though born in Kentucky, and
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28
TO PEOPLE OF ADA|R COUNTY !!

It takes money to campaign and it takes
great deal of to successfully engineer of national
scope The present altitude of the Democratic party
excludes contribution from the powerful corporations
and trusts and consequently must rely the loyalty,
patriotism and freewi offerings of the great
people to meet the demands of legitimate campaign
expenses and the this is met the life,
thusiasm and effectiveness will be given the work
essary to win It is the duty, as we'll privilege for
every person who believes in and desires democratic
cess to contribute to this fund. request has been
made that Democratic papers solicit for this purpose
and forward same to the National Committee We obey
the suggestion and ask every true Democrat to help in
this fight to restore to the great bulk of the people their
rights their privileges and the blessings of free gov
eminent Any amount from dollar up will be cheer
fully received and promptly forwarded to the Commit
tee Fill out the following and enclose your contribu
ton:
EDITOR NEWS:
Enclose find S. ..........., my contribution to
Democratic Campaign Fund.
Name
Address. Observation-Disclosures.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28

berne, S. c., in colonial days.
Those who know Mr.. Gilmer
prophesy that he will become one
of the most active and useful
citizens of Montgomery.
The Adair County news., 1908-10-28

WANTED-Live. Red and Gray
foxes. Will pay S1.25 $500 each
and express charges.
w. T. Hodgen, Box 232,
Campbellsvllle, KY.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-31
CAIRO WOMAN
DIED AT ANNA
MRS. ELLEN JONES, AGED 80
YEARS, PASSED AAAY AFTER
LONG suFfE RtNo FROM MEN
TAI TROUBLE.

Mrs. Ellen Jones. mother Of Capt
Richard Jones Of Fire station No z
died Wednesday night az the hospital
1T Anna where she had been confined
for the past twentysiX years Her
mind became unbalanced as the result
Of brooding over the tragic death Of
her sen. Thomas, whv was Killed IN
the Illinois Central incline while
switching twenty seven years ago.
The decedent was born IA Count
Cork eighty Years ago ana came 70
this country when & young girl She
came to Cairo IN 1851 from Rome n
Y. Her husband Edward Jones died
TWO years ago Hsr SON Richard is
the only one surviving az lami +
d ten children
Capt Jones went To Anne to bring
the remains home arriving last even.
nG The remains We're taken to Cant
Zones residence 226 Twentieth street
rhe funeral wil b. held this after
ioon at ST Josephs church
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-31
THE DOMINANT RIGHT.
A Sinister Superstition" and Its Ef-
fects Upon the Human Mind.

1t took whole generation time OF
experiments and me shanics to learn
that ihe engineer must stand Of Sit on
HE right side Of his engine. or cab
in order that he could look
ahead With his right or dominant eye
emily ana without H,ieking his entire
lead oft as he would nave to 40 if
he sat Of stood On the left side The
railroad men never learned why this
is 50. do not know why today. and
to make the desirable change IN two
American left passing double track
railroads. while II would finally avoid
expense aud accidents. would cost al
once many millions OF dollars
Thousands Of wears ago knights aud
men fighting on foot or horseback
had to approach and pass eacn other
on the left in order To strike or spear
each other with the right hand while
the shield hand held The shield or the
reins The railway engineer. civil
or locomotive does not know that
the knight was his right handed and
right eyed progenitor and enaower.
A food Of light Is thrown upon his
tory. sociology and medicine. esftei-
ally upon psychology. neurology and
psychiatry by lefthandedness and its
sequels. OF every million born st
least 10000 probably more. are natn-
rally lefthanded. 50 that In the Unis
ed States there are nearly 30000.0N
and in the world more than $1,000,
GOO thus handicapped An indennit>
proportion Of these have been or are
being doubly cursed by the efforts OF
the foolish parent or teachers to make
them righthanded. sad suggestions
and Illustrations of the baleful results
Of the work OF these improvers or ma
ture exist in such simple facts as that
right which should mean only dex-
trail or righthanded. has come 10 mean
good. moral advisable ana left. or
sinistral. has become sinister awk-
ward unlucky. to be avoided. both
person and thing. "Dexteritv' and
'dextrousness. properly meaning on
" "dexrality," have become synoDy-
nous with expertness ard exceptional
proficiency. whereas everybody knows
that the lefthanded person. if purely
SO. is as cunning Of hand as the
righthauded
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-31
DON'T FEAR THE LIGHT
SPIRITS COME OUT BOLDLY.

Sunday night. February 2, at thF
opera house under the auspices Of the
Re.igio Psychological Society d.
Sawyer. the Noted medium viii give r
seance for the purpose OF demonstra
ting spirit power in the light. Tn
following are among the demonstra-
lions given Sawyer's open light
seance. given BY him before the lead
ing scientific societies of England.
Austria. Germany and France. AMI
viii he submitted to the most crucial
test conditions A table rises an T.
Goats IN the air. flowers are brought
to the audience by invisible hands.
slate writing. questions written ami
retained by the interrogators viii
receive full and intelligent answers
Mr.. Sawyer is the Only man In tn
world who has the endorsement OF tn
Royal Society Of London. they having
for three months tested him in everE
conceivable manner that human in
ecnuity couid suggest and al the o.
ish u these investigations presentse
him With a parchment certifying thai
the manifestations given in their pres
ence were beyond human aid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-31
ELECTRIC CAR
KILLS WORKMAN
FRANK O'NEIL RUN DOWN AND
HORRIBLY MANGLED ON
LOWER COMMERCIAL AVE
NUE-lNCUEST TODAY.

A distressing accident occurred
about O'Clock last evening on Com
mercial avenue at Fourth street
which resulted in the death of Frank
O'Niel, a white man, employed by
the Rich Construction Company on
tie sewer work. O'Niel was run down
ny car OF the Cairo Traction Com.
pany. in charge Of Motorman Carver
1t appears that the car was coming
up from Second stree; and O'Niel was
crossing the street to his boarding
place. Charles McCanns establish
ment on the west side OF tie avenue
The car struck the man squareIy and
threw him under the wheels which
EIound him up badly, killing him al
most instantly Il ~as some time be.
fore the body could be removed from
under the wheels and a great crowd
gathered The body was taken
charge OF by Coroner McManus and
conveyed to NJ. Z Feiths establish
mont 10 DE prepared for burial. An
official inquiry win b. made by the
cCrcner this morning at o'clock at
the council chamber
O'Niel came here from St Louis
where bis family resides. He was
about fifty wears old