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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-19

Proof is inexhaustible that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. E. Hanson,
304 E. Long St, Columbus, Ohio,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
q was passing through the Change
of Life, and suffered from nervous
ness, headaches, and other annoying
symptoms. My doctor told me that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was good for me, ans since talk
ing it feel so much better, and can
again do my own work. i never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for me
during this irving period
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-19

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-19
EW POLITICAL PARTIES

Political parties and rumors of poll LaF,
teal parties in the
Indications are that the coming debate
Presidential campaign will be one of the
of the most mixed up ever pulled panic
off. Morga
OF course the Republicans and proper
Democrats will be doing business at "a, an
the old stand as well as some other money
familiar names. obtainf
But there will also be brand new that M
entries. Chief among these new con-structu
| testants for popular favor is Hearsts If tn
| independence League This is en-made
TREY product of the last two years, GENTLY
yet is is officially announced byunfortr
| Hearst's papers that the League willwhich
have a candidate "all by it's lonesome. present
| The general expectation is that Hearstvery IL
will lead his gallant comrades. Thehands
| League claims to have OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in many states and its exact strengthto wrel
| is hard to arrive at. If Al
| However, there is something newerof the
| than the League. That is the Radicalreason
party, which proposes to hold a nat-by the
| ional convention in st. Louis on Aprilbeen p
IL. Press dispatches say that Thomastative
| e. Watson stands an excellent chancewould
of getting this nomination. Therency
chairman of the party says that sev-it woul
eral hundred thousand voters haveWas no
already signed~a pledge to support the Final
Radical party nominees. but tn
Then the Populists are showingthe cas-
signs of acticity and it would not bemany
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-19

THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
G. w. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
j. ". FURLOW, City Editor.
W L. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone SO.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
Fair Quitting is Contagious.
ournal-Democrat.

Journal Democrat.
Since President Steele issued his
card advocating suspension OF the
Holden fair, the fever is proving con.
tagious. The Warrensburg fair Is
certain to quit, and now the Pleas.
ant Hill papers say the Harrisonxille
fair is talking the same thing.
Fairs are good thing for any
community, but 1t has long been a
subject of doubt whether they are Of
sufficient value to justify the worry,
work and expense necessary to main
tain them.
In these latter days most people
goto the fairs to see the people whom
they confidently expect to find there.
With the average fair visitor, the ex.
hibition is second to seeing friends
and acquaintances. The question
then arises-cannot a public meeting
place be arranged annually without
80 much machinery and expenses 81
fairs entail Would not an annual
picnic OF day or two answer the
same purposes as a fair?
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
Whipped by might Riders"

Eddyville, KY, Feb. 16.-Three
hundred "nightriders" visited Eddy.
vile at o'clock this morning and
whipped four white men and six ne.
groes. The white men whipped are:
Police Judge c. W. Rucker; Lesel
Woods, ex.city marshal; Press Fra
lick, who occasionally acted as
deputy city marshal, and a saloon
porter named Robertson.
The connection between the whip.
ping and the tobacco trouble IN
Western Kentucky is not apparent
and no one has been able to offer
any explanation. None OF the vic.
Tins was known to be either active
or Influential in opposition to the
farmers pooling movement. No at.
tempt was made at destroying stor-
ed tobacco.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

L. A. Goodman, secretary Of the
state horticultural society, told q
Kansas City reporter on Sunday
that the outlook for fruit this sea-
son was unusually good. He said:
"ln spite OF the very warm winter
which we have been having the buds
haveswollen only q little, not enough
to allow q sudden drop In tempera-
ture to ruin the crops. The berries
promise to be plentiful this season
and have been least affected BY the
changeable weather. The cold spell
which struck this section Of the coun.
try q few days ago ives not sufficient
" severe TO destroy the fruit buds.
II served more TO check the flow Of
sap."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

The man who got on the train at
Lees Summit, bound for Pleasant
Hill, says the Journal. Democrat, had
just settled back In bis seat when the
man who had boarded the train at
Independence, approached.
"Hello BILL" he said, "loan me ten
dollars"
"Ten dollars, nothing. Why man
ain't seen ten dollars for q month,
but I'll loan you ten mules. How
will that do2"
Which goes to show that when one
medium Of exchange is abbreviated
by uniorseen circumstances, the ~.
sources available to the nervy Mis-
sourisn ~ q substitute are mort
than one 10 number
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
Road Meeting.

There Is to be q general meeting OF
all OF the road overseers OF Bates
county at Butler In the Circuit Court
room on Tuesday, March 3, 1908.
This is to be the first annual meeting
oiroad overseeers under the new law,
and il Is to be hoped that every over
seer of the county will be present at
this meeting The law makes 1t a
duty OF each overseer to attend. The
Honorable Curtis Hill, State High.
way Engineer, will be present .and
will explain the operation OF the new
law and It's application to the max
Ing and maintaining better roads.
lswould be well for Township Boards
and all others that are interested In
the good roads movement to attend.
The County Highway Engineer is pre-.
pairing a map OF all OF the rural
routes OF Bates county, also a map
showing the road districts OF the
county aud will be able to see at
glance who is responsible for every
mile OF road in the county. He il
also arranging q system OF reports
that will be OF great servicei to the
overseers OF the several districts
The Township Boards should pay
each overseer for bis time In attend.
Ing this meeting for that time will bt
spent in the interest OF his district.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
The Value of Education.

From the Philsdelphls Public Ledger.
The president OF one OF the minor
colleges was ssuntering down a
shady lane one day in the early sum
mer when be met q tsll, handsome
youth.
This youth had just been grsdus;
ted. lie was very poor and very in
telligent. In all his courses he had
taken honors, and 10 athletics also
hal been bis.
well Allen" said the president
"through at last, eh?"
Yes, SIR" said the young man
smiling and blushing.
And now what are you going &c
do?"
Il hardly know yet, sir. | have
had two offers"
Two? Wonderful"
Yes, sir. One is from a scientific
society Offering me a secretaryship
at 50 a week and the other Is from
baseball msgnate offering q five
years contract at 80, 900 a season.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
"0ry' Vote Holds
Good Four Years.

st. Louis Republic.
Ia an opinion handed down by
Judge Bland, OF the St. Louis Court
OF Appeals, 1t Is held that the result
ola county local option election fixes
the status OF the county for four
years, and that no section OF the
county may hold an election to effect
change.
The case In question was brought
to the Court OF Appeals from Scot
Hand comfy under the title of State
ex rel Frank c. Hooyer against Wal
ter S, Hickman ct al. Ia October,
1905, Scotland county voted out the
saloons. At that time Memphis,
Scotland county, was a city OF less
than $500, not having the right to
separate election. la 1906 census
showed that the city had popula
tion OF 1910, and an election called
In November, 1907, favored the
licensing eli saloons Heeyer-eb
tanned a license from the city, but
the county court denied his applica.
ton. A writ of mandamus was ask.
ed to compel the county court to
grant the license.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
OF Interest to Democratic
Newspaper Publishers.

We see It announced in the public
prints that Governor Folk intends
TO manage his own campaign for U.
S. Senator along the lines he follow.
ed In 1904 while q candidate for Gov
ernor."
This will be an item OF supreme in.
terest to the country press through
out the State. That campaign, 1t
will be remembered, was an all for
Folk and a Folk for himself contest.
1t will also be remembered that the
Governor dominated the manage.
ment OF the party that year and that
Its energies were entirely expended In
securing his election except what
was spared for the defeat OF his run
ming mate, Sam B. Cook. The de,
feat OF Mr.. Cook was an expensive
piece OF business to the Democratic
papers OF Missouri. In 1907 there
was paid five thousand, twenty-five
dollars and five cents ($5, 022.05) for
the publication OF the constitutional
amendments, (see session acts 1907,
page 24) and in the year 1908, &C.
cording to the same measurement
there will be paid for publishing con.
stitutional amendments about ten
thousand and two hundred &c.
100000 dollars, making in all the
sum OF approximately fifteen thous-
and, two hundred ($15, 200.00) dol
lars, that, through the Governors
1904 activities will have been turned
over to the Republican press Of Mis-
souri,. Atidy sum for which no doubt
our Republican brethren are extreme
~ grateful to the Governor. topper.
ates like the transierence Of funds be.
tween rival banks, 1t causes one to
grow and the other to diminish. In
1904 the Post. Dispatch, which was
advocating the election OF Joseph W.
Folk and was, at the same time In.
dulging In the most scurrilous at.
tacks upon his running mate, Sam
B. Cook was sent out by the Folk
committee as a campaign document.
In view OF these facts the rank and
file Of the Democratic party are not
prepared to look with favor upon
another campaign conducted along
the nAes Of those OF 1904.
The stDispstch is again sdvo.
eating Folk while at the same time
1t Ia attacking Bryan as venomously
- Il did Sam B. Cook. Does the
Governor intend to use Il a. q cam.
psign document this year ~ II waa
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
In 1904? The Post-Dlspatch is as

In 19O42 The Post-Dlspatch is as
much the organ Of the predatory
wealth as the New York Sun and is
by intelligent people 80 recognized.
Who that paper indorses is not a
matter of much consequence, but
whether Joseph W. Folk endorses tue
Post-Dlspatch is a matter OF su-
preme interest to the Democratic
voters OF this State, and they want
to know. Democrats do not object
to the Governors candidacy, but
they will not stand for another per-
sonal campaign on his part at the
expense OF the party and In which he
is assisted by plutocrstic cossacks =
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT, Potosi, Mo ,
January 80, 1908.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

Prosecuting Attorney OF johnson
county, Ewing Cockrell, has request.
ed Circuit Judge n. NJ. Bradley TO
call special grand jury TO investl.
gate tax lodging In shat county. In
his letter MIR. Cockrell charges the
October grand jury with dereliction
OF duty, and cites cases whereinlthat
grand jury refused to indict, which he
afterwards successfully prosecuted on
direct information before the court
He closes his letter thus: .s"This IL
not only question OF morality, but
OF common honesty and fairness.
Shall everybody pay his fair share or
shall the honest man pay all the
taxes and let the dishonest tax .dodg.
ers pay none?"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

Many wild rumors were stloat on
the streets oi Rich Hill Wednesday
morning concerning the recans blow
ing up Of the Farmers l. Mechanics
bank vauiss, and some OF she ecbos
found their way to Butler. Inquiry
over the phone ELECTED she facts shat
the rumors principally had their
origin In that many detectives had
gathered and Sheriff Beard happened
down. Sheriff Beard informed us
that his business In Rich Hill at that
time had no connection with the
bank 70 bbery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

The new law requiring a vote on
United States Senator at the general
election, eliminates the necessity Of
pledging the candidate for Repre-
sentative on shat question. II a
candidate is honest and highminded,
willing to abide by the instructions
of the voters OF his party expressed
at the polls, II makes no difference to
either candidate or his friends who
his personal preference is We have
an idea that either candidate would
prefer his personal friends In the leg
islature, but that feature should and
will be largely eliminated from coun,
ty contests
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

The editor OF The TINES visited So
Francois county last week and found
the sentiment there among Demo
Gratis strongly for W. 5. Gowherd Tor
Governor. Everywhere his sterling
worth and splendid abilities are rec
ogniked He will come nearer unit.
ing the Democratic party into one
strong, invincible body than any
man In Missouri, and under his lead
ership shere need be no lear for the
old time Democratic msiorities, and
then some.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
A State Primary Calendar.

Secretary OF State Swanger has
prepared a calendar for the benefit OF
candidates and Others concerning the
dates for filiDg various papers under
the state primary election law, as fol.
lows:
March Secretary OF state to fur
nish forms.
March 5-Secretary Of state to In.
dictate Offices for which candidates
are to be selected.
May 15-County clerks to publish
this notice for six weeks.
June 4-Csndidates shall have no.
tilted proper authority Of candidacy
June 9-Secretary OF state to GER
tiiy candidates to county clerks for
publication.
July 14-County clerks to furnish
chairman and candidates sample bal.
lots.
July 24-County clerks to correct
errors, publish and distribute bel.
lots.
August 4-Primary day. Legal
holiday.
August 5-Judges and clerks to
furnish returns to county chairman
and candidates.
August 7-Returns to be canvass
ed. County committees to meet and
organize.
August 11-Congressions commit.
tees to meet and select state commit
teemen.
September 9-All party commit
tees meet at Jefferson City, organize
and formulate q platform.
September 10-Platiorm to be an.
nounced not later than 6 p m.
October 3-Secrstary Of state 10
certify candidates.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
Educational Notes.
BY Slpt. A L. Ives.

SSS@sa~a~Ah fN~N~
By Slpi. A L. Ives.
Our subject this week is irregular
attendance" The following statis-
ties blast wear show someinteresting
facts: Number OF children OF school
age enumerated In she county, S15S;
number enrolled In all the schools,
1904; average daily attendance,
1888. In other words, 50 per cent
OF the children OF school age were en-
rolled In the schools. The average
daily attendance was only SO per
cent OF the enumeration and 63 per
cent OF the enrolment. Or, again,
only 60 children were In scho oil when
100 should have been present, or 3
out Of :, hut little more than hall.
Now, this Is great educational
waste. The schools are maintained
at public expense for all the children.
There is no good reason why "a far
larger per cent should not be In reg
ular attendance at school. The
trouble Is, 500 many OF our people
do not make seudlrg their ch...ren
80 school a business. Tney send
them to school when thereis no work
TO be done at home. An examine
tion OF the teachers daily registers
shows that most OF she absence is
caused by a few families in the dis,
trict. A large per cent OF the children
attend school fairly well
These are the conditions. What
are the causes? Commerciallsm. A
race for the dollar. Some OF us have
not time to send our children to
school. Others do not appreciate
the Importance OF education. We
become dissatisfied with the school,
or fall out with the teacher, and then
our children stay at home. But
most OF the absence from school Is
caused by work at home, Indeed,
aside from sickness, this Is about the
only cause OF absence. 1t is no un.
common thing Tor the teacher to say;
THE large boys are out to-day at
work, or, "Mary stays at home one
day each week TO help wash" |
grant that this work must be done.
But, since some families keep their
children In school regularly, perhaps
all could do so, and yet the work at
home not be neglected.
How may these causes be removed
and the conditions be improved?
Well, the solution lies largely In the
teacher. OF course the com munity
must change It's attitude towards
the school. Our people must believe
In education and want the best that
can be obtained. Then with real
manly men and womanly women In
all our schools, these hindrsnces
would vanish and the thing would
be done. A good earnest teacher In
a community can do wonders In one
short year. The superintendent has
seen several Instances In the county
In the last two years.
Give US people who believe in edu.
cation and who really want 1t, and
men and women who really want to
teach school, and the matter of IRE.
gular attendance will cease to be q
problem.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
Last Call For Taxes,

Taxes due the city Of Butler must
be paid at once at the city collectors
office in Smiths Book & Stationery
Store 3per cent penalty will be
added March first and l per cent
month additional thereafter. "Do it
now" l7.1t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

w. W. Ross, who was called to
Adrian on Saturday to inspect the
school building and ascertain the
costs Of repairs, reports that the
walls Of the building were not dam
aged, and that repairs can easily be
made. The joisss Of the lower Hoors
were not In the wall, but rested on
the foundation and the explosion
blew them out without damaging
the walls. Temporary repairs were
made so that school opened up Mon.
day morning. Stoves will be used In
the different rooms until q new heat.
or can be installed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

Col. Seth Cope who is serving his
country on the petit jury, felt some
what aggrieved when he attended
Sunday School on Sunday morning
and was not given an opportunity
to expatiate on his reform ideas. So
he sought subjects at the county jail
In the afternoon and found four oil
the boarders playing an abominsble
game Of euchre. Seth says it was SC
bad that he believed that he could
have beaten either or all OF them
He thinks a good instructor on the
national game could bring about
great reform at the jail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20
Notice to Tax Payers.

Twill not accept any taxes after
Feb. the 29th. Do you want them
10 90 delinquent? 1t Is up to you.
Y.C. CoMBs, Col.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-20

The county sheriffs and county
treasurers In Missouri will hold for
four years hereafter. Which makes
both OF these offices more desirable
than heretofore, when contest had
to be made every two years. From
present indications there will be q
fair crop OF candidates for both OF.
fees In this county before the Au.
gust primaries. County candidates
have only to file their Intentions TO
run with the county clerk In order to
get their names on the official bal.
lots. All district and state candi.
dates have to get up petitions and
file with the secretary OF state.
The Kentucky General Assembly
appears to be In hopeless dead lock
on the election OF a senator. After q
month's balloting, with the session
about hall gone, there is no material
change from the first ballot, when
Gov. Beckham received &C votes, Ex.
Gov. Bradley, Republican, Ga with
seven scattering democratic votes,
Beckhsm was nominated at the Dem.
ocratic primaries. Impartsnt leg!s.
lation Is thus tied up, while both
sides are playing politics. tits claim
ed by those In position to know, that
Beckhsm will not be elected, but 1t II
the desire OF the seven boilers to refer
II back to the people.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-05-16
TWO YEARS FOR S1.25

history of TWO historymakng years Every of
e loha Campaign of 1908
successor The settlement
VI the country to sanity and proceedings of
oonsress Tor TWO full years ALL THE ALL THE
- -N 100
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-05-16

The entire speech of Hon J B.
Foraker, IN the United States
Senate, on the Brownsville affair
appears in Alexander S magazine
for April. This speech, from a
literary and legal standpoint, is
considered to be the ablest deliv-
erance before that august body
since the days of Webster, CAL
houn, Clay and Sumner. We
have ordered only a limited num-
Der and all persons desiring a
copy, please inform US. Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-17

farce to which he has been twice
leading factor, and this should De
enough to merge every legislative
vote, this winter, to the hnal relec-
ton Of false, and always indeter'
inmate, law; and to the lottier duty
and act Of sending to Washington q
sterling and capable Senator to rep
resent Republican State in Re
publican Congress and not hamper
that Congress by an additional MN
ority member. We do not care who
he may be, so that the real interests
Of the State and coast may be safely
served by servant of the majority
a majority that may not be denied
upon an hypothesis of past error OF
misunderstanding.
We frankly confess our utter DIS
arrangement Of the law and its principle
and insist that the greater good OF the
greater number lies in its prompt
and absolute reputation; not only BY
those presumably committed TO it
but by every member Of the Republi'
can party in Oregon, first, and last
letting whosoever may, attempt &c
override it, in court or out of il.