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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-12-17

ms stores stocks are more abundant and attractive than
20 a readily solve the pulling question What shall I 6iva5"
If you wish wish to give your friends and relatives the 1 em : eve e.
SlDle OF all eItts-those that supply a want and thorough onston
o So sSrVe 10 keep your thoughHulness in the memory of the :.
clpient long after Christmas has passed.
:, NOT only those who wish to make their none % for+hao4 :.
the choosing of practical gifts, but housekeepers who are nIsnn;n6
10 oPI 1res IS up their homes and those who are needing winter wear.
h;6SSo ~ =, a nL ne Ntaly interested in the splendid Holiday values in
nlen11erade merchandise held out by this store. ""N' !"
dalv. ing ~ - THIS store crowded
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-12-17
READ THE GUARANTEE-THA TNKSI

0Ivr Cuoron+oo These goods are made of our SOLID
UW GudI dlLee MAGNETIC SILVER which is the hest
substitute for Sterling Silver ever discovered. They are made
OF SOLID metal all the way through and are guaranteed not to
Cafnlsh ana Will wear longer than any silver plated spoon made,
as there is no plating on them to wear off. We positively guar
antee these goods to- wear forever and to give perfect satisfac-
ton to the user.
Factory B. HAMILTON SILVER co. Munc;a Tr1
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15
BELLE JOHNSON.

One day the Republican national
committee gives it out that it has
returned checks offered by corpora
tons because such contributions
are unlawful, but the checks Corne-
Illus N. Bliss obtained from insur-
ance companies last campaign have
never been returned, and since the
present campaign opened they were
caught in the act of soliciting con-
tributions by addressing appeals to
corporations. And the chairman
has appointed Bliss, who got the
money from the insurance compa-
MES, as a member of the advisory
COMMITTEES. Lebanon Rustic.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

The McCord Stock Co., played an
engagement of three nights to good
house in this city last week. 1t
can be said of them: They are a
neat clean people and so are their
plays. 1t was a feast of fun and
laughter from start to finish and
the company appreciate the charac-
tiers they portray. The best thing
Mr.. Hays has had in his house for
q year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Writing to the New York World,
j. j. Sturr of Brooklyn says: Il
shall vote for Bryan because he is
opposed by the criminals who
Roosevelt says should be in the pen
itentiary. l am opposed to Taft be-
cause he is backed by said crimi-
mails. l shall vote the straight
democratic ticket because l prefer
democracy to plutocracy.',
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

The remarkable fact exists that
every Republican newspaper in the
state is running Folk for the senate.
The Globe-Democrat, Kansas City
Star, and every Republican paper
of any prominence in the state are
working overtime to forward Folks
interest. At the same time the
Republican politicians and job hunt
ers are busy extolling his virtues.
Why is this? What interest have
they in selecting the Democrat can
didateH The Republicans claim they
are going to carry the State at the
coming election, so they cannot
claim that it is because they want
a good man in Office. We are in
favor of the Democratic ticket be-
ing selected by the Democrat voters
without outsiders interference for
advice, and we favor the Republi-
cans selecting their candidates in
the same manner then submitting
the question to the voters. Verify
there is some mystery Kirksville
Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

B. H. WEIGH attended the great
Lincoln and Douglas pow WOW in
Quincy Tuesday. Monroe City has
three citizens that listened to that
memorable debate fifty years ago.
Mr.. WEIGH, George Balzer and Rev.
B. F. HiZson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mrs. Marion Pruitt a sufferer
from extreme nervousness has
been taken to Denver with the
hope she may recover her normal
condition. Mr., Pruitt said; I'm
sorry that we had to sell and 60
for we had ahappy and good home
here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15
How Charming

the youR g sters
look with their
sturdy lOdies and
sun Drowned faces
after their sum
mer outing. Lent
it too bad they
couldn't 5 "a y
young forever?
Why not preserve
the memory Of
their Y OF n I u |
beauty with some
GOOD
PHOTOGRAPHS
Bring the young
sters here and
we'll guarantee
pictures that you
will cherish all
the days Of your
life Bring them
to-day while they
are looking SO
splendid, Bring
the little tots b.
fore 2 o'clock.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Get my prices on the best ILL.,,
and fancy Mo-, Lump Coal right
from the car. l can save you mon
ey. A. Lewis Nash, Buffum
phone SO.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Rev. B. D. Weeks, j. Gardner
Wade, W. L, Ely and A. A. Nelson
were at Paris, Monday. The three
latter gentlemen took. the Royal
Arch Chapter of Masonry work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Misses May and Lilly Lear, of
Cooperville have moved to the city
for the winter, Miss May will keep
house for her sister so she will be
able to attend the High School.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mrs. DR.. Foster and grand daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret of Center came
over Monday to see the former la
dies brother, Samuel Elzea, who
was quite i'll.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

l am in the Coal Business and
can save you money on the best
ILL.,. Lump Coal and the fancy Mo-.
Lump Coal. Get my prices before
you buy. Telephone Buffum SO.
A. Lewis Nash.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

The Way to Gossip Town.
Have you ever heard of Gossip Town,
On the shore of Falsehood Bay,
Where old Dame Rumor, with rus
Ting gown,
Is going the livelong day.
1t isn't far to Gossip Town
For people who want to 90.
The idleness train will take you down
In just an hour or so.
The Thoughtless Road is a popular
route,
And most folks start that way;
But it's steep down grade; if you
don't look out,
You'll land in Falsehood Bay.
You glide through the valley of
Vicious Talk,
And into the tunnel of Hate;
Then, crossing the Add-to-Bridge,
you walk
Right into the city gate.
The principal street is called They
Say,
And I've Heard is the public well,
And the breezes that blow from
Falsehood Bay
Are laden with Don't You Tell.
In the midst of the town is Telltale
Park,
You're never quite safe while
there.
For its owner is Madam Suspicious
Remark,
Who lives on the street Don't
Care.
Just back of the Park is Slanderer's
Row;
Twas there that Good Name died,
Pierced by shaft from Jealousy's
bow,
In the hands of Envious Pride.
From Gossip Town, Peace long since
fled,
But Trouble, and Grief, and Woe,
And Sorrow and Care, you meet in
stead u.
If ever you chance to 90. ,,
Author Unknown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence White, of
Shelbina have been with their kins-
people, A. H. Dohley and sisters
Misses Jennie and Lena.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

James Mcfarland was raised to
the sublime degree of Master Ma
son at the regular meeting of Monroe
Lodge No. ga A. F. & A. M. held
last Friday evening.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Miss Matte Bottoms has return
ed from a three months visit with
relatives at Haddam, Kan. She re-
ports pleasant time.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

John Jordon, formerly a good
citizen of Monroe, now of Storm
Lake, Iowa, has been spending sew
eral days with old friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15
Coal, Coal, Coal.

Get my prices on the best grades
of Ill. and Mo. Lump Coal, before
you buy. Lewis Nash, Buffum
phone 98.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Steve Ely and wife. Of Vandalia
have been visiting his brother, j. X
Ely and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Vim M. Taylor and wife and his
mother, Mrs. Polly Taylor, of Clar-
ence has been with relatives in this
city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15
Miss Grace Sharp. of ST. Louis i
Monroe relatives and friends.

100000 Money to loan on i'm
proved farms on long time, easy
terms, by w. w. Longmire
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mrs. Charles Buchanan and Miss
Nan Buchanan attended the State
fair at Sedalia. saw the sights and
had pleasant time.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Miss Beatrice Elliott went to the
Bluff City Monday to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mesdames E. P. Nelson, of St
Louis and j. C. Kelley, of Fulton.
are at the home of their father Sem
ator McClintic, called there by his
illness.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mrs. William Gilkinson Of Pal
myra, spent Sunday in the city
with her daughter, Mrs. C. A.
holland.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Pearl McReynolds and wife, Of
near Palmyra have been the guests
Of his parents. Rev, and Mrs. l. M.
McReynolds.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mrs, Joseph Montgomery and
pretty babe spent the Sabbath with
the homefolks at HunnewelI.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Carson Andis and wife, of Center
have been the guests of their
friends, John Cleary and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15
o. Rogers and wife. of Palmyra
have been with Monroe friends,

Streams bath room is the place
for bath and his tonsorial parlor
the place for a shave or hair cut
that will please you.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

G. T. Sparks of Shelbina. has
been visiting his kinspeople, j. H.
Robinson and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Ladies astride saddles at the
Vowel Saddlery Co.'S.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Mr.. and Mrs, j. D. Robey and
Mrs, J. l. Palmer attended the Cliff
Smith funeral in HunneweD. Mon
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

See Lewis Nash before you ordel
your coal. Buffum phone SO,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Charles Morthland, of Albany,
ILL.,, has been visiting his cousins
near Warren.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Miss Annie Lyons of St, Louis
formerly of this city, has been the
delightful guest of friends in this
city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Did you see that stock of ladies
astride saddles at the Vowel Sad
dlery Co.'S.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Elmer Osborne of Tennessee. III.
has been visiting his cousin. Dean
Osborne.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

For Farm Loans-Lowest rate,
easy terms. apply to W, W, Long
mire.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

So Mr. Republican Hadey for the last years his admns
ton Attorney General received five times the that Dem
Crow received the last two of his official But
Republican Look what Hadey has accomplished Well look
Hadey has secured sentence conviction against
monopoly Nor has he fines in the treasury with
four assistants while Crow with assistant convicted the and
than what his entire administration of the State
Cole County Democrat
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

Henry Reidel, OF Hannibal, was
with Monroe friends Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15

D. X. Vowel transacted business
in frankfort Tuesday.
We have the largest line of wool
horse blankets in Northeast Mis-
souri,. Vowel Saddlery Co.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
RoosEVELT's ADVICE TO LABOR
Presidents Recommended of Taft
Bound to Count Heavily with
the Voter

(F'rom the Labor World, Pittsburg.)
President Roosevelt is willing to
stake his own unparalleled reputation
as a friend of labor on his declaration
that Judge Taft will be labor's real
friend should he be elected to the Presi-
dency. President Roosevelt is abso-
lutely sanguine on this point and the
gravity of his position and the conse-
quences that will reach far into the
future, and will particularly relate to
his own personal record, must impress
on the mind of every intelligent man
that his words spring from his heart.
Is there wage worker or a trade
union leader in the country who has
reason to doubt the sincerity of Roosa-
welt? Labor from end to end of the
United States has adored him and
adores him still as friend for what
he has done. He states most unequiv-
ocally that in everything he has done
for labor Judge Taft has been his will
ing, able and most earnest co-work ar.
What better recommendation Of Judge
Taft to labor than that can be offered
None whatever.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
Nation Needs Steady Head.

Governor Hughes at DetrOit.)
We do not fear the result of the cam
peign if we can make the situation
clear to the people. If we are to have
genuine progress we must have at the
head Of the nation discrimination, judg-
ment, not just honesty Of aim. We
must have analytical power, steadiness
and soundness of conviction. The ma
ton will not go far unless the nation
has a steady head. That is the issue
in this campaign. And we present
for the head of the nation a man
of rare equipment, a steady man
with whom we can safely intrust the
progress of the country, William H..
Taft.
l am satisfied to leave his judicial
record to the workingmeh Of the coun-
try. confident they will recognize that
i'll the sort of judge which he was lies
the best protection which labor can
have.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
Speaking Of KinshiD.

Nobody was ever pictured so numer-
,ously in the public press as Mr.. Roose-
welt, unless it be Mr.. Bryan; yet here
is what it all comes to, as related by
a New York World reporter accompany
ing the Bryan campaign outfit at Cum
berland, Nd:
Mr.. Bryan was standing on the porch
of the Queen City hotel this morning
when sweet-faced old lady stepped
up to him and, holding out her hand,
said: "Why, how do you do, Mr.. Roose-
welt? l am so glad to see you"
There's some mistake" said Mr..
Bryan, smiling and shaking her hand.
"My name is Bryan"
'Oh," said the old lady, taken aback
"well, you do look like Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
Kern Lost His Pass.


o me, o my! John Worth Kern, had a
Big Four pass
Tra-la! Tra-la! He lost the dinge.l
thing, Alas!
From the TROUBLES Of Candidate -
John Worth Kern, who is bringing
up the rear for the Peerless Que" in
their race toward the White House, is
now explaining, too. He stubbed his
toe when it was taken to his knowleIg;,
that Big Four Railroad pass bearing
his name had been found at Conners-
vile, Ind, where he had dropped it,
with several other similar bits of trans
portation, in a little red leather pocket
book.
"Very simple" he said, with wave
Of his hand. "Very simple, indeed. AS
a matter of fact the simplest thing in
the world"
The reporters stood on the other foot
and waited.
"You see, it was this way very SIM
pie, you know. I was attorney Tor the
road and was given pass to go to an
other place to defend a suit. Very
simple, am sure"
The pass found at Connersville is an
annual.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
GoMPERs' CHEAP METHODS.
Judge Taft Shows the Speciousness
Of Attacks Made on Him.

(FrOm Taft'S Speech at Waterloo, Ia.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers has already de-
livered the vote to the Democratic
party and that makes it rather hope
less for one who is struggling for the
Republican party to deal at all with the
labor question. He seems to have re-
moved it from doubt by carrying the
vote in his pocket. He leaves no place
outside for me. Now 1 venture to think
that the laboring men of the country
think for themselves and have an in
telligence that enables them to take
their own judgment as to the party and
the candidate whom they elect.
1t is rather a cheap method of at
lacking a candidate to say that he is
opposed to labor, that he is in favor of
depressing and tyrannizing labor and
that he has nothing in his heart that
sympathizes with labor. The only way
you can meet that is to say that it is
not so, and that is what 1 Do say. I
yield to no man in my sympathy with
labor or as a class, in it's effort to or
ganize to make itself properly powerful
in the community, to maintain it's
equality and it's level in the struggle
for life and in dealing with capital on
those issues where it's interests and
those of capital are opposed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
TAFT STRIKES BANK INSURANCE.
Shows the Glaring Fallacies Of the
Scheme by Plain Reasoning.

(From Taft's Minneapolis Speech.)
1.-Two objections are made to the con-
clusion that an enforced guaranty sys-
tenn would lead to recklessness and
disaster in banking One is that the
government examinations would pre-
vent, and the other is that it is an
insult to the banking community to as
sumo that the national bankers Of the
country, in view of their present high
character, would yield TO the tempta-
ton to recklessness presented by the
system.
II answer to the first objection that
the government examinations do not
now prevent banks from failing; that
it is difficult for a bank examiner to
discover the unwise reclilessness and
speculative loans, and that often such
loans are made between government
examinations, and then the evil is done
and cannot be remedied by strict super
vision.
Second, while l fully concede the
general high character of the bankers
throughout this country, my point is
that the opportunity to obtain deposits
and invest them on very little capital
afforded by the guaranty security will
attract into the banking business men
Of no experience and Of speculative
tendencies, and will distinctly lower the
tone of the banking business.
Zone of the great merits claimed for
the enforced guaranty of deposits is
that it will prevent panics. 1t is sulli-
cient to say that the plan proposed
cannot prevent panics. A panic is not
stayed by the promise that money will
ultimately be forthcoming 1t can only
be stayed by the production Of the
money itself. When a financial strin-
gency is on, it is the cash the man
needs, and to say that he will get it
next week certainly does not assist him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
Political Snapshots.

Mr.. Bryan is making a strenuous eff
fort to conine the discussion of issues
in this campaign to the declarations of
the Denver platform. His attitude in
this matter is sadly inconsistent with
the claim which he has made for twelve
years that he is the fearless champion
of the people. When he pleads immun-
ity from attack on any issue which is
not in the Denver platform he comedies
that he is statesman afraid of his
own record. But Mr.. Bryan cannot es-
cape from his past.-Baltimore Sun.
Mr. Bryan is not on trial for what
he has done, but for what he proposed
to do, what he did his utmost to ac-
complish and what he would have done
if the people had given his chance.
And his new propositions must be con-
sidered by the light of his record
Kansas City Star.
when 1 first began running for
president" says w. J. B., 81 didn't
have to wear glasses" If he keeps on
running he will have to use micro
scope to see the Democratic party
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
A Man and His Family.
(Judge Taft at Nebraska City,

(Judge Taft at Nebraska city,
Gas a plain business proposition, do
you think it wise to go rainbow chasing
and hunting remedies which have not
been tested, proposed by gentleman
who has been proposing remedies for
twelve years, each of which has proved
to be failacious? Mr.. Bryan says that
we have no right to appeal to the full
dinner pail; that when we point out
those distressing conditions that exist
ed in Democratic times we are appeal
ing to the lowest elements in human
nature. 1 differ with him. 1t seems
to me that a man who does not look
after his family is worse than an in
fidel. A man who does not vote to
adopt the policy that will improve his
family is not patriot and not good
father"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
DISCARDED ISSUES.
Bryan's Alarm About "Militarism'
Has Faded.


(From the Kansas City Times.)
In 1900 Mr.. Bryan made an ominous
noise about ''militarism." He conceived
the idea-or at least advanced the
acquired the Philippines and Porto Rico
and because provision had been made
for an increase in the regular army, the
Republican party was about to put into
effect a policy of world conquest; that
this was to be made military nation ;
that the ideals of the young men were
to be turned from the arts of peace
to- the arts Of war, and even that the
enlargement of the army was to be a
standing menace to the cause of Amer
lean labor.
And all this because the standing
army, which consisted Of $4,000 men
when the Spanish-American war be-
came inevitable, was to be increased to
a possible maximum of 100000. The
reason for this latitude of increase was,
of course, the necessities SO impressive
ly revealed through the experiences of
the war with Spain, and Mr.. Bryan had
reason to know just what those neces-
stiles were.
Since Mr.. Bryan's fearful and won
derful alarm about "militarism'' the
army has been increased from $4,000 to
10000 men. Not one of the evils pre-
dicted by Mr.. Bryan has attended this
enlargement. Would Mr.. Bryan reduce
the army? If so, why does he not de-
mand reduction? Why did he not put
a reduction plank in his platform? Or,
does his silence this year on the sub
ject Of "militarism" mean that Mr..
Bryan now admits the absurdity Of his
position in 1900?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-16
STRIKING UNANIMITY.
Bryan Wanted in Certain Quarters
on the Plea That He Can Do
Nothing as President.

(From the Chicago Tribune)
1 hold it entirely natural for any
great law dcfying corporation to wish
to see you placed in the Presidency
rather that Mr.. Taft. (From the let
ter of Mr.. Roosevelt to Mr.. Bryan Of
Sept 49,
The full force and justice Of this
sentence may not be felt without the
following verification from the pen Of
the most conspicuous recruit to the
Organized Democracy from the ranks
of the conservative, or Cleveland Dem
ocracy.
Whoever believes in the prevailing
policies and tendencies of the Republi
can party WILL Of course, act with that
party in the pending Presidential con-
test. But whoever believes those poll
cies and tendencies to be vicious and
Injurious can record his belief aud
make it effective in no other way than
by acting with the Democratic party.
Not to take that course is to give more
or less support to the very policies and
tendencies he condemns. Neither should
he be deferred from it because certain
policies, once thought to be peculiarly
Democratic and so described, do not
command his approval. They can now
be described as Republican with equal
propriety because they are policies
which are common to the extreme
wings of both parties. (From the five
column open letter. of the Hon. Richard
Olney to the New York WORLDLY
The full force and significance OF
these sentences are not appreciated UNI
til it is recalled that their author sery-
ed as attorney general in the Cleveland
cabinet, during which time his Depart
ment did virtually nothing to disturb
the peace he and others are so anxious
to enjoy once more.
1t is confidence in Mr.. Bryan's fEtil-
ity that rallies an Olney and Parker
to his standard.