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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27
jim SCORED BY DEMOCRATS
King James is Played for Permitting
Signs on Sidewalks.
MIGHT AS WELL HAVE NO COUNCIL
So Asserts Brucker, who Adds that
He VIII Introduce No More
ordinances for Dahlman
TO Nullify.

Now it's King James ana there's blood
on the moon!
The mayor Of Omaha might just as we'll
give a man a permit to eDter your house
as to give permits for the violation of the
Guys ordinances"
This statement is made by G. F. Brucker,
democratic councilman from the Fifth
ward, of the democratic mayor, and he
says he is through introducing ordinances
In the council or trying to enact any new
laws for the reason that the mayor does
as he pleascs anyway Councilman
Brucker is inccased over the violation of
the sign ordinance and the countenancing
of that violation by the mayor, who gives
permits for the maintaining of signs in
Contradiction to the provisions of the city
law. He also expresses disgust over the
inability Of the officers to do anything
with the vlolators Of the ordinance on ac-
count of the flashing of permits when
they are hailed in court, and the council
man characterlzes the city government as
a petty monarchy with Mayor Dahlaan as
the csar.
Our Jim is King.
Mayor D1hlman is absolutely supreme,
at leas,, he thinks he is, and we can do
nothing; might as we'll not have any coun-
eli, says Mr.. Brucker, who was elected
on tbs same ticket with his honor, the
mayor. THAT sign ordinance is a good
thing. 1t provides that the signs shall be
at a certain height above the sidewalk
shall be securely attached to the buildings
or an iron post, and shall extend Only q
certain distance over the sidewalk. But 4
is belng ~violated-Ffght and left. Com.
plants are sworn out; the man who II
maintaining the unlawful sign is brought
into court; the city prosecutor makes hi.
charge, and then the owner of the sigr
produces a permit signed by James c. Dahl
man, mayor, and nothing can be done.
"And this isn't all, The mayor give
people permits for anything that may strik'
his fancy. We have an ordinance agains
peddllng in the downtown business district
The other night the city clerk caused tn,
arrest of a fellow selling rugs on the cor
ner OF Sixteenth and Farnam streets an,
his license was taken away from him Of
account Of his violating its provisions
which permits peddling only north of Cum
ing and south OF Leavenworth streets. Blu
the next night he was back at his pos
again with his rugs. secure in a permi
signed by the bold hand Of the mayor.
The ordinances Of the city are law
the same as are the provisions on tn
statute books of the state and nation an
all lawss whether great or small, whethe
important or comparatively unimportan'
should be obeyed."
No Permits by Johnson.
Acting Mayor Johnson says that no pei
mits of any character will be granted Will
he is administering the affairs of offic
during the two weeks Mayor Dahlman wi
be away.
The ordinances are to be enforced. nc
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27

Bananas are high, owing to the demand,
and will continue 81 until after July 4.
They are selling wholesale for ~ cents a
pound. California fruit is cheaper now
than 1t has ever been at this season OF
the year in the local market. Apricots,
peaches and plums that ordinarily sell at
S1.25 and $3.50 a crate at this time are sell
ing now for 81.
All kinds of pineapples at all kinds of
prices are in market just now and are the
last of the season. There is, no uniforIIity
OF quality in the shipments and the par
ticular persons will do we'll to see what
she is buying,
The demand for California cartaloupes
is unprecedented, and where 20 or 25 crates
a season has formerly been counted a
good disposition by the local market, three
carloads have already been disposed Of
here so far this year. These are selling
from 4 to s cents each, wholesale. Texas
watermelons are selling from % to 80 cents
wholesale.
The Texas tomato crop is about ex'
hausted, and in consequence the local con.
sumers will pay a little more for a while
Tennessee is now supplying the local mar
ket and have been selling for 10 and u
cents a basket will bring 20 and 80 cents re
tail for a while.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27
SOMETHING CHEAP AT LAST
Potatoes Likely to Fall Below the
Present Price, at Any
Rate.

Indications are that potatoes will be
cheaper by the middle or last of next week,
although the new crop is selling at $3.50 a
bushel just now and the old at 81. The
high water and hard rairs. responsible for
the shortage are both passing, and ship
ments from the south are more generous.
Commission men are looking for home
grown potatoes to supply the demand for
the next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27

Acting Mayor Johnson says that no per-
mits of any character will be granted while
he is administering the affairs of office
during the two weeks Mayor Dahlman will
be away.
The ordinances are to be enforced. not
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27

to be winked at" says Mr.. johnson. "and
while l am acting mayor no permits will be
issued for the erection of signs contrary to
the provisions of the ordinance, nor will
any peddlers or push carts be allowed in
the down town business district"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27

Almost all the small fruit in market now
is Of the home crop, although a few scat
tering shipments of iaspberries and black
berries are coming in. The homegrown crop
is not due until the early or middle part of
July.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-27
Most Food Is Poison

to the dyspeptic. Electric Bitters cure dys-
pepsia, liver and kidney complaints and
debility. Price. Oc. Far sale b. Beaten
DruE company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

was an awk ward silence. and then she realized what she had said and was covered with confusion. The King. sf course laughed it off. snd now teiis the story with gusto.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
ST. JoE's BOOK FEVER.

Quotations From Scott Started BuiIa-
 ing of Libraries in Missouri. New York Special.
 A pair of literary fellows stood be- fore the new library in Fifth Avenue
 Wonderful how the library craze has grown Tn this country in the last forty years" said the Princeton iel. low.
 'Marvslous." replied the professor. who had blown in from the State Uni- versity of Missouri.
 T suppose you have libraries in your Slater inquired Princeton. oe- place tn ball team unknown.
 They're scattered some, here and there. with more coming" replied the MissouriRn. "But do you know l re- member when there wasn't library in the state outside of Sent Looie mean a public library. 1 think there was a law library at the State Capital.
 It's luny nvw sent Joe got the Il. brary fever. Ever heart ot Sent Joe? W ell, no matter. II all grew out of 2 quotation from Walter Scott.
 There was ricn Irishman living in Sent Joe. whose name was John Corby. He owned more property than any man in town except Llge Patte. corby built tbe trst city hall Sent Joe ever had.
 He was a ripe man in many respects | DoSt0co bctuA SuISWu SDeGukatoF he was scholar and had some DO. lttical ambition. He became a candi- date for the State senate It was be fore tho day of conventions. Any man could become candidate.
 The cry was raised by opposing candidates thai corbv was an Irish man and that only Americans should be elected to legislative offfces. Corby was Dublin man by birth and odu- cation
 He had big meeting in his own hall in the send-on Of hia candidacy { He was an impressive man physically and periodically he was dramatic. In replying to the charge that he was an Irishman he quoted the lines from Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel be- ginning. Breathes theret he man with soul so dead It was delivered with great effect and stirred up applause which nearly extinguished the gas lights.
 Tho quotation in the nominating speech of Conkling in the Chicago convention created no more talk than did Corby's the day after its delivery Old ,Lige Patee, the millionaire of the Northwest. iliiterate but shrewd. asked Corbv after the meeting if he wrota the lines. Patee thought that if he did he ought to be President.
 'Of course there were some people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
SOME OFFICERS

Are Entirely Too Handy With Pistols. Washington Herald.
 Tn the mass of current news items of the day. we note where man was killed in one of the Southern States recently by a bailin. The oficer was in the discharge of his duty. seeking to arrest the luckless man for an of- fense involving the sum of 75 cents. The homicide was held to be justihable. and the slayer was discharged by the coroner.s jury, 1t being shown that the man killed was resisting arrest at the time of the killing. though he was not employing any weapon other than his hands His past career seems to have been very good. There Is something wrong here; radically and emphaticaliy wrong. No man deserves to be killed for 75 cents--no officers authority should be construed to stretch so far as to permit 1t. Resisting arrest at the hands of an autnorized officer of the law is a dangerous thing-especiai- ly if accompanied by violence, or actual menace to the officer. But no crime. involving 76 cents, forgery. or what not, will ever excuse the taking of hu- man life in the effort to right the wrong inflicted. It Is inconceivable that circumstances could ever arrive In which so insignificant a sum as that mentioned could be pleaded to paliiate the slaughter of a human being. no matter how depraved. Sometimes the officer with his ready pistol. the quick on-the-trigger kind. is As much dan- ger to society as the regular pistol toter" of everyday life. Arresting of ficers are not always chosen with wis., dom and discretion; oftimes they are hot-headed, and prone to go off half cooked. Moreover, some of them feel their sense of responsibility too keen ly; appear to think themselves the es- peciaiiy delegated power provided for holding in check the well-being of the universe. We once heard of sheriff who advised his regular force of dep- uties that what he was seeking to do more than anything else was to make the list of arrests smaller during his term of office than 1t had ever been before, aud that the deputy who could auell trouble or stop fight with a minimum number of arrests would be the one sure to find favor in the chiefs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
showing hghh attained by plants Esoamb County

ing of his 27.000 acre plantation, now being cut up into small tracts for in= tensive agriculture, will unduestionably be duplicated in many directions during the next few years, and for the same reason:-that the plantation system produces discontent among the negro farmers. since they very seldom. ham ldle any money. as result of their la bor.
 Change is ForetoId.
 The pictures shown in this article are correctly spoken of as emblematic. They foretell a change coming to all agricultural Alabama swhtch will make Montgomery and other cities and towns vastly richer and more active than they are now. as business cen- tres.
 Coming now to the details of the pic- lures. brief sdescription will make them inteiIigible.
 The picture showing a large expanse covered with that which looks like a slat box indicates the general appear ance of a slated field. The purpose of shading is to reproduce In sub-trop- teal regions a tropical condition by creating artificial shade and conserv- ing humidity. Under the influence of artificial shade. Sunatra tobacco plant makes rapid growth towards the light and in the process, produces a quantity of tender and perfect leaves since 1t Is protected from winds and grows up in condition almost eparai-' Tel to that of a green house. The ef- feet of the shade Is also to prevent the winds and sunshine from drinking up the moisture coming from ordinary rains. On the day these pictures were taken, there had been several days of drought in Brewton. but the ground within the slated enclosure was damp and the afr surcharged with moisture.
 The view which gives the effect of slats above and slats below. shows the. appearances of the field whom looked at through the side door of the enclos- ure. The view being taken in strong sunshine, the shadows on the ground produce exactly the same effect of the slat roof. A study of this picture VIII show that two gentlemen standing among the tobacco plants have their hats raised the full length of the arm and gtill these hats do not level the topmost leaves of the tobacco plants, The tobacco almost uniformly reaches eight feet in height. On the day the pictures were taken, the plants had in some caaes pushed through the slats, carrying Ghei6Srowth out into the sun aiGht. but e, anhas been prevented as sar as posftablA ty nippang back the top
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

.Just about then somebody brought. A paper covered copy of Les Miser: abies' to town and 1t was lent around until 1t was nearly worn out. Sent Joe had a hot literary fever by this time Everybody got the habit of buy ing books.
 "A weazen- -faceea Yankee. who hsa since tecome leading lawyer out there and Is rioh, had vegetable and fruit stand in the market house. He added to his stock of turnips, cabbages and rutabagas, copies of Augusta J :. Evans books, Robinson Crusoe' and Seth Jones' The latter was the cap- sheaf of the BeadIe dime novel se- ries. Sent Joe people used to cd their own marketing. and nearly every mar. ket basket contained book.
 .such was the genesis of the liter ary craze, which expended and spread in old Sent Joe, and now it has as fine libraries as any Middle West city. Car. negie is known some in Sent Joe. but the fervor of pride palpitates to beat the record when the names of Walter Scott and John Corby are mentioned.
 ..If you are interested in politics you will be glad to know that Corby was elected by an imWense plurality"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

land of which there are millions of acres in this state.
 The fact that these pictures were taken in Brewton does not indicate that only in Brewton could such re- suits be secured; for similar pictures Of tobacco can now be taken in Mobile. and Baldwin counties, where other ex- pertmentai fields are growing. in Chun- chula and Roberfsdale respectively. In fact, for some years past shaded tobac- co has been successfully grown near Marion, in Perry county. lying on a line north of Montgomery. These pic- lures. as typical of other experiments, place Alabama finally in the list Of states suitable for growing expensive leaf.
 The chief value of these pictures to tho thinking portion of the Alabama people is this: they emphasize once more that this is not a one-crop state. They do not teach the lesson that ev- cry man should now go to raising to- bacco or peaches; they teach the les son that tropical and sub-tropieal and tamperate crops in endless variety can be grown in our peculiarly gifted state. These pictures must therefore produce an impulse towards crop va- riation. .s~
 Furthermore. they emphasize the value of intensive care. The tobacco shown in these pictures Is on two acres of land. If the curing is successfully done, by the expert who las if in charge, the crop from this two ace tract will realize s2,000 and posssS1y much more; one acre under fntenstxe care thus producing as much as an av- craze 50 acres on the staple one-crop idea, which has for so many years con- trolied the agricultural destiny of this portion of Alabama.
 These pictures can be regarded as emblematic rather than peculiar to one small town of the state. They speak of the time when the many will realize that the plantation system of extensive agriculture is played out and worse than worthless, because 1t Is wasteful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
Tobacco Experiment
 Opens Great Future

The tobacco and peach pictures which illustrates this page are inter- esting in themselves. The one show ing the striped effect of shade from slats might almost be called unique. They are also interesting as showing the remarkable growth which Sumatra tobacco. for high-grade wrappers. can make under shade.
 Another point of interest Is that the land on which the tobacco and beach, es are grown, shown in these pictures. Is ordinary. cut-over. piney-woods
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

The plantation system compels atten- ton to one crop. since that one crop is used as a medium of exchange for advances and for rental. thus making 1t obligatory upon the tenant to raise q crop that is peculiarly extensive in its development and preventing him from raising any further crop or crops that would have greater cash value per acre but could not be used as means of securing advances.
 The present worthlessness of the plantation system has come from pro- gress. It had its place in the develop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
shoot. so a. to make rauker growth

shoots so as to make ranker growth below.
 Luxuri.nt Growth shown.
 The view which shows. the side al- iey-way of the field. sfves a better idea of the iuxuriant growth of the plant than appears in the front view. When 1t Is realized that these enormous plants grew to harvest size between April 1s and June IS. practically sixty days, 1t is easy to figure out how prof itable such a crop Is in comparison with the time needed In perfecting It..
 This picture also indicates the de- tails of constructing the slat covering. The whole field has fence of matcHed boards. At about every twenty feet there is- cross-piece. supported by an upright, the cross-piece being contin- ued from one side of the field to the other. These eross-pieces are used as means of sustaining the slats woven
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

been cultivated for annual crops be- ing finally plowed in after the season of 1908, and have themselves paid the whole expense of land. trees and cul- tivation up to this point. This Is men, tioned simply to show In the most en- couraging form what can be done with Alabama land, if the white man him. self gets to work on 1t and gives It his earnest thought and supervision.
 These novel pictures should bring further accession of confidence to the the hearts of the thinking men of Ala bama who know that Alabama Is des- tined to be a great State from every point of view but who are glad to have confirmation of their faith along the way.
 c. Grosvenor Dave, Secretary Alabama Commercial and In-
 dustriai Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

in Sent Jo0 who knew the name of the author. but the majority didn't An ad- vertisement appeared in The CycvIs. the weekly newspaper, of several copies of Scotts poems containing the lines quoted by John Corby, candidate for State Senator. The books were advertised by a druggist who carried literature in connection with his pat ent medicines. To revive an extinct expression, Scott sold like hot cakes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
The King Laughed

rounds some Httle time ago about lovely foreigner. one of whose verbal slips gave King Edward occasion for a hearty laugh. A very lively person. age with a delightful accent, she made such a favorable impression upon the King that he asked her to be his part
 uer at bridge. But, sir" she said. T really don't know how to play" The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

onstration of what piney- lands can do. These peach trees have come Into bear ing this season and are three years old. Tn the original. though 1t may not be quite so clear in the half-tone. pine stumps can be seen scattered among the pine trees. This is just ordinary pine-stump land. planted in strawber-' ries and peaches three years ago While the peaches were growing to bearing size. the strawberries have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

ment of this state when towns were few and land holdings were treat T it's later development. since the ca W the land is relegated to renters :. 1 not to those over whom the planta- results in q steady deterioration or land productivensss.
 The action of Mir. Conner. in dispos-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

E. H. BetIerton & CO.
 Diamond Liquor Go.
 J. Fox G Co.,.
 Gallagher G OGara.
 E. B. Gibson,
 A. H. Harris.
 Heller Bros,
 Paul Heyman.
 H. M. Austin 6 Co. Montgomery A4A- TaIhera & CO. Ft. Smith, Ark. E. c. Villere. I24 Carondoiet St. New orleans, La. xxA, Hessig- Fills Drug Co.. Memphis. Wm. Wise Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn. tts-ThompSon Liquor Co, Chatta- nooga. Tenn.
 Hanover Dlstilling O.. Peoria. uL Hanne Bros. Jacksonville. Fla
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

in with wire. The wires run across the field the opposite way of the cross pieces and appear at each end of the field as wire braces, running from the height of the slat-work downward to the ground. about fifteen feet from the edge of the slat-work.
 The picture which shows peach trees and railroad train. is further dem-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

King would take no denial. however. and she became rather embarrassed.
 T assure you. sir. could not think or playing. don't know the diherence
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-15
MRS. CAROLINE REINHART
CALLED TO Her REWARD
Estimable Woman Lived in
Marion Co. All Her Lite.
funeral Services will be Conducted
at the Reformed Church
Sunday Afternoon,

The death OF MRS. Caroline Rel
ehnrt, a well known German resi-
dent OF Marion occurred at her
home on Olney Avenue Friday
morning at O'clock. Her demise
resulted after an illness of several
years with dropsy.
The deceased was aged sixty
years. two months. She was born
in Pleasant township, and hid re-
sided in Marion county practically
all of her life. Besides a husband
four children survive. They are
Mrs, John Munsell OF Dayton Mrs
John Severn of this city, Mrs
Frank Thatcher OF city and John