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PICTURE OF TWO PRESIDENTS

On Lincolns birthday February
l2) the New York Sun drew the two
following pictures:
One was written by the late John
Hay of Abraham Lincoln, who was
the martyred presidents private sec
rotary.
Mr. Hay wrote as follows:
His heart was so tender that he
would dismount from his horse in a
forest to replace in their nest young
birds which had fallen by the road
side; he could not sleep at night if he
knew that a soldier boy was under
sentence of death
The other picture is of President
Roosevelt, and was written by him
self.
on his triumphant return from the
Cuban war in his book known as the
Rough Riders" the author says:
Lieutenant Davis first sergeant,
Sitll ClANI 1OulQp hlAlCu a oDdAlSu CJl-
der with his revolver just as the
Spaniard was aiming at one Of my
Rough Riders
AT about the same time | also kill
ed one | was with Henry Bardshar.
running up at a double, and two Span
iards leaped from the trenches and
fired at us, not ten yards away. As
they turned 10 run, I closed in and
fired twice, missing the first and kill
ing the second. My revolver was
from the sunken battleship Maine, and
had been given me by my brother-in-
law, Capt w. S. Cawles, of the navy.
At that time / did not know of Goulds
exploit, and supposed my feat to be
unique"
Thus eXultingly, yet with a certain
trace of disappointment, Theodore
Roosevelt wrote Of Roosevelt
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A CONTINUING MENACE

In the second number of his news
paper. The Issue. James X. Vardaman
former governor OF Mississippi, de
scribes Mr.. Koosevelt's recent mes
sage as "a tocsin of war which calls
to arms every honest and patriotic
American"
Mr.. Roosevelt is said 10 be anything
but pleased by the vociferous com
mendation of his message which has
come from the JEFF Dayises and the
Vardamans. If he is annoyed now,
what will be his feelings III the fu-
ture? He has not heard the last of
that message, and he will probably
never hear the last of it. AS long as
he lives it will remain to embarrass
him.
The historian will be Obliged to re-
cord that when the country needed
peace, respect for law, public order,
reform without passion, a revival of
credit, more confidence and more
work. the president of the United
States, in exploiting his own political
sent a message TO congress
which, had his words been interpreted
literally. could have meant only more
people out Of employment more indus
tries suspended, more prosperity dis
turbed, more doubt, more distrust
more decentralization. more reduction
of wages, more prospect OF another
panic.
The logic of that message, carried
to its extreme conclusion, meant the
mob spirit, riot and bloodshed; and
the country is not yet done with it,
The menace of the message was not
to Wall Street, or to capital or to cor
pOrations, or to trusts, but to the peO-
pie who depend upon their wages for
bread.
This is a menace that will not soon
pass away. For years to come Mr.
Roosevelt's words will be quoted by
demagogUes melting the people to
class war. His cries will be echoed
from socialist and anarchist meetings
intent on proving that the social order
is rotten and that capitalism menaces
all the liberties of mankind.
The United States senate once sol
EMMY expunged from its record the
illadyised partisan resolution which
censured President Jackson. What
might Theodore Roosevelt not be will
ing to give ten years hence if be
could expunge from the record the
gress January 81, 190S?-New York
World.
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ment it recognizes that the three
branches of government are co-ordi-
nate, yet separate, and one depart
ment is not allowed to encroach upon
the sanctity of the others, and that
the democratic party does not war on
wealth or individuals, but on systems
and conditions
The condition of the times, the un-
stability of business. the evils of the
too free use OF the big stick" and
the meddIesomeness of the executive
with other functions of government.
cry aloud for the conservation and
pacification of. the democratic party.
1t must again assume the reins Of
government.
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A POPULAR STATE OFFICIAL

No one has yet been so bold" as to
announce as a candidate for secretary
of state against Clay Crawford. Clay
like his noble old father. who held
the office for so many years. has so
engrafted himself into the good will
Of the people that it would be a waste
of time and money for anyone to Cd
pose him. \ public official never los
es anything by being polite and cour-
teOus to the people, as well as atten.
tive to the duties Of the office he was
elected to filI.-GainesviIle Sun.
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PUBLISHING AS A BUSINESS
PROPOSITION

Referring 10 a recent ruling of the
Florida railroad commission, the
Lakeland News says: The Florida
railroad commission has made an as
mime ruling that the railroads cannot
exchange mileage for advertising
space in the newspapers. They might
as well hold that dry goods man
must not sell goods to publisher and
accept advertising in payment. There
are a great many things that the rail
road commission could undertake for
the benefit of the people of Florida.
they pass these matters Of real impor-
lance by to interfere with a purely
private business transaction with
which neither they nor the public are
concerned So far as We are advised
th.a railroads are not paying the
slightest attention to the ruling, and
we do not believe il could be sustain
ed in the courts"
The railway commission has made
still another ruling-a ruling for the
to publish all the doings
Of the commission without compensa-
ton The commission seems to take
the newspaper for soft thing and
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SHOULD BE ELECTED

Former Governor Jennings has an
nOunCed that he will become a candi-
date for member Of the national
democratic executive committee from
Florida and that he intends to do
some active work for the democratic
nominee after the Denver convention.
The ex-governor should be elected to
this position. 1t is one Of prominence
in national affairs that he can fill to
good advantage to the state and for
the good Of his party.-TitusviIIe Star.
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A SIGNIFICANT HINT

What the Recorder man know
of the little happening which occurred
in the Office of Comptroller Groom I'm
November last. he got il in TauahaS-
see while on a visit there immediately
after the affair The Recorder is not
Singing mud" in this affair. We
don't have to get on the train and go
to Tallahassee, as the Pensacola Even
ing News suggests We know without
that, and in due time it vii be- made
Dublic.-Madison Recorder
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The Recorder man spent three days
in Jacksonville this week. We saw
many things. We heard more We
didn't see a thing displeasing to the
eye We heard lots We did not take
to-" What We heard We won't tell
Things that we saw would interest no
one only those seeing them. But
when we print. it's got to be so. and
signatures. signed properly, mean
neutrality-suspicious. Recorder.
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Mr. William Stockton. the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. c. Stockton, is
planning an interesting summer. He
will 90 10 Labrador with one of the
Princeton professors.
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The republican party is now being
fed with its own spoon. 1t has for a
long time been aPprOpriating the
prosperous times as its own. Now, as
IL is a poor rule that works only one
way. Il mUst assume the responsible
ity for the strenuous times-times
which are far worse than when Mr..
Cleveland was Ia power.
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We have not heard from Mr. john
Temple Graves recently. but Vs.. du
not believe that Mr.. Bryan VIII nom.
mate Mr.. Roosevelt at the Denver
convention; but from what Mr.. R~v3n
has since said We are led to- believe
that Mr.. Roosevelt is his second
choice Mr.. Bryan himself being his
first choice.
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Next year Columbia county should
have 100 feet of space at the Tampa
fair and spread herself. Let our good
housewives prepare for it this sum
mer.-I.ake City Index.
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~. 3. Broward. Oak Ridge. Va, is
a name that appeared in the list of
hotel arrivals at Tampa a few days ago.
Printers and editors sometimes make
mistakes.-I.ake City Index
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The Louisville and Nashville the
Southern, the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway, and nearly an the
railways in the south. are rofng q,
make a cut in salaries and wages OF
10 per cent.
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Asked if elected governor would he
abide 10y the recommendations OF the
county executive committees and the
primaries. Mr. John y. c. Stockton
ties a good many strings 10 his an
SWpr
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Hon. Frank Adams is mighty good
material out of which TO make a ma
tiOnal executive committeeman. We
don't want a partisan in this place.
The Index nominateS him. What say
the other brethren of the press .
Lake City Index
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The Charleston News and Courier
says all trains passing that city for
Florida are loaded down with tourists.
No doubt of this fact exists, as evil
dence Of it are too apparent here
Jacksonville Metropolis.
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The Atlanta Journal wants to know
why il is that the Georgia tourists and
fishermen always return from Flor
ida's sunlit waters SO bIear-eyed.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

The registration officer of Duval
county has achieved a reputation for
slowness that we do not believe has
a parallel in official proceedings. II
has taken him several weeks to do
what was done in this county. We be
Iieve. I'm less than a day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Mr. Henry Watterson is a philoso-
pher. and has learned the art OF TAX
ing the world easy. But then one with
an income Of twenty-five thousand a
year can afford To be a philosopher.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

We don't know, but our own Opin-
ion is that Attorney General Ellis has
made a big mistake in tagging on to
the administration.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Yes. the republican stump orators
and newspapers even get southern
democrats and cotton growers to be
lieving that there was some sort of
l1inship between the democratic par
" and scent cotton. How is il now?
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If George Washington had lived to
this day he would be surprised to
know that entire states are not only
willing but determined to cut out cher
ries.-Atlanta Journal
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Panics brood tramps, hobos and va
grants, and they vanish in prosperous
times, which is proof positive that con-
ditiOns are at fault.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

The red-headed bedimpled girls of
TINS gulf coast country are feeling real
frolicksome with this cool weather
Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

We are still multiplying laws in the
nation and in all the states. and the
people. like one of the characters in
Oliver Twist. are still crying for more.
Every town and city throughout the
whole United States. are continually
passing fresh ordinances. Are We
never 10 have laws enough
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Editor HetheTingtOn is making a
great paper out Of the Lakeland
News. His efforts are appreciated.
and the increased patronage accorded
him will act as a spur to greater eff
fOrts.-OrlandO Star-RepOrter.
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That woman who swallowed ia
needles by mistake is so fun Of rs
she must feel like a human presiden-
tial message. News Or
maybe Editor Claude L'Engle Of the
Tallahassee Sun.-BradentOwn Jour
nal
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Wherever else a baby's place may
be, however pert and precOCiOus, his
place is not in the United States sen
ate.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28

Yrs. tho STANDARD OH Company Dsii
IFS semi-anuual dividend. t1- same a.
usual and 90 dIt NOT increase ta-
price of OIL either Hr ft- say o.
anybody ever hear lf 1 consume
complaining 1f rb- -s1r1.sa. p-.c. nj
OLE We newer have. au.url.rIufIrE
fHe sc1peguat chat f. made .. .f
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1908

Senator Latimer OF South Carolina
is dead, and Congressman MCLauTen
is quite sick.
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Ambassador Takahira says in blunt
but emphatic English. that the
thought OF a war between Japan and
the United States is "hellish." The
ambassador was educated in the
schools OF the United States and
knows how To use vigorous English.
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George Washington never told lie
nor he never edited a machine admin
istratiOn newspaper.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-02-28
ITCHING eczema
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS

Suffered Torments from Birth -
BoiIs Formed as Big as WaIruts
In F-ightflI Cond.t.o0artC Could
Hardly Work Tr.eiAI Kinds Of
Remedies to No AVA. Al Las,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
NXOn-RaUch

Miss Ida Rauch, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Rauch of No.
zoo North Main street, Galena,
and Wade A. Dixon, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Dixon of No. 500
Washington avenue, Galena, were
united in marriages in Columbus
Sunday evening by the Rev. ].
Russell Jones, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of that city.
The wedding was performed at
7 o'clock in the Presbyterian par
sonage and was witnessed by
Misses Lillian Cooper and Della
'Searcy, and Barney Rauch and
George Rauch, brothers of the
bride.
The bridal party returned to
Galena Immediately after the
ceremony, arriving in that city
at $50 o'clock. A reception was
rendered Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon in
the home of her parents at $3.50
O'Clock. They have returned to
Baxter Springs, where a neat cot
tage has been furnished for their
occupancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon were raised
in Galena and have been acquaint-
ances since childhood. They are
among the leading society young
people of that city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dixon, with George Rauch, are
proprietors of a theatre in this
city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
Mrs. Bell Dead.

Mrs. Caroline Bell, aged &c
years, 8 months, and 4 days, died
at her home three miles northwest
| of this city on the 9th of June.
Mrs. Bell has been i'll several
months. She was born in Ger
many in 1841, and came to this
country when child, her parents
settling at Muncie, Ind. In 1883
the family came to Kansas and
settled in this county, on the
place where she died. Mrs. Bell
was a member of the German Lu.
theran church, and was a most
lovable character.
Mrs. Bell was the mother of
six children, five of whom are liv-
ing and were present at the fu-
neral. Her husband, Leonard
Bell, is one of the most highly re-
spected men in this community,
and he and the Children have the
sympathy of the entire commune
ty in their bereavement.
Funeral services were held at
the residence on Monday after
noon of this week, after which
the remains were inferred in the
Baxter cemetery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
NE!IS FROM
The MINES.

The following amounts of ore
were loaded out of the Baxter
camp last week:
Z. +. Sweeney. $4,000 Is. 40
Baxter Royalty Co... 62.Soo 34,6Io
lotal sale. i25.Boo 62,73o
Value: Zinc, $I,SSS: lead, $2.oe7: total.
$3,so5.
The many Baxter Springs
friends of Will Price, formerly of
this city, will be pleased to hear
that he has made a wonderfully
rich strike of lead and jack in
shaft northwest of Joplin. Sew
eral weeks ago Will and some
others took a lease on a piece of
ground out near Lone Elm, a sub
urb northwest of Joplin, and they
put down a drill hole. The cut
tings showed a very rich strike,
and they at once put down a
shaft. The ore found in the shaft
IN every way verified the drill
record, in fact it beat it for rich
ness. A big sum has been offered
for the property, but the owners
will not sell. Mr.. Price owns,
we believe, not less than one
fourth of the property, and we
hope he will make a small sized
barrel out of it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
Attraction for the 18th.

w. ID. Pinnick, commander OF
Baxter Post, G. A. r., desires to
run a foot race the Fourth of Ju-
ly with any man Is years old or
older. We suppose Pinnick has
given away his age in this chal-
lenge, but you would hardly
think he is so old, considering
the way he acts some times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
Win DoubIs-Header Contest

The Galena negro baseball
team Friday afternoon won both
games of a duuble-header contest
at Baxter Springs, defeating the
Columbus and Baxter Springs
teams. In the game with the
latter the score was p to 8 and
with the Columbus aggregation,
the score was II tot.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
Business Change.

Geo. W. Rardin has bought the
grocery store of Vim. Cherry on
South Military street, and will
continue the business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
L. M. Perkins Hurt.

While leaving the Library The
atre Tuesday night, L. Murray
Perkins stumbled OH the steps
and fell 1t was necessary to call
a cab to take him home. His IL
juries are not serious, however.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
Contest Notice.

All parties wishing to enter
contests on 4th of July are re-
quested to hand their names to
f. Il. McGregor, not later than
noon of July 4th.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02

Ralph, little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. w. Carroll, of Chelsea,
Okla, died at the latter place on
Monday morning of this week.
The remains were brought to
this city Tuesday morning for in
terment. The child was about
nine years of age. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll are former residents OF
this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
this city

Last Thursday morning Mrs.
E. F. Sweeney entertained few
of her friends at bridge. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Samuel
Binns and Mrs. Will Sweeney.
After the game an elegant lunch
con was served.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
NOTES.

NOTES.
Baxter Springs must have a
better ball team or the interest in
ball here is going to lag.
The games Sunday might have
been better if the Baxter team
had been framed up differently,
but as it was the result could not
have been different. Besides be-
ing crippled, the home team had
to play the umpire also. We do
not by this mean that the umpire
is unfair, but the game last Sun
day was the rottenest umpired
game we ever witnessed. An UNI
pire, of course, has hard place
to fill. but when he gets into a
rut and can only see one way it
goes a little hard. to the specta-
tors. But that the home team
and especially the home pitchers
got the worst Of every decision in
both games can not be question:
ed. In fact the visitors say so
themselves, and they went away
tickled over the decisions of the
umpire.
The refreshment man at the
park is criticised some, too. One
man who attended the game de-
clares he will not attend the
games any more for the reason
that the refreshment man is q
hog. This particular man bought
cold drink for his baby, but the
baby could not drink it. He then
asked the refreshment man for a
drink of water for the child, but
he did not get it. Not on your
life. The refreShment man does
not give away water. Taken up
one side and down the other it
looks very much as if the Baxter
team is going to have to get new
grounds for next season All the
team gets out of the games is the
admission to the grounds. The
grand stand receipts and refresh
ment stand receipts go to the
owner of the ground. He would,
we think, take the gate receipts,
too, if he could get them. At
any rate, his refusal to give a lit
tie child a drink of water, after
the child could not drink what
had been paid for will cause him
to lose trade all the balance of
the season.
The only really noticeable
thing last Sunday was the very
good order. The games are pat
ronized by a very good class of
people and bad order is not toler-
ated. The patrons are entitled
to better grade of ball,
The patrons of base ball in this
city are beginning to feel that the |
home team should do some prac-
tice work occasionally. Good |
can only be done by a!
team which can work together, |
and the home team ought in JUS
tice IN itS Datrons take a tumble.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
To Rent.

A good farm to rent for grain
rent for next year; 90 acres lying
idle can be sowed to wheat. In
quire of Mrs. E. H. Tousey, R.
F. d. No. 2, Baxter Springs,
Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
Lost Both Games.

/ nc games al krvin . paik last
Sunday between the Baxter and
Webb City teams resulted dis
trously for the home team, Webb
taking both. A multiplicity OF
causes contributed to these re-
suits. First the Baxter battery
did not show up, that is, only a
part of it.. Moffet, who dishes
out the slants for Baxter did not
come, and he did not notify the
manager in time for some one
else to be secured. AS it was the
manager could do nothing but
put into the box a kid named
Cloudy from Columbus. Cloudy
is a good pitcher in his class, but
he was outclassed. Cloudy pitch
ed the first game, and the score
was Webb City 6 and Baxter 3.
In the second game Dardenne was
put in the box for Baxter. OAR
denne is a fair pitcher, but he is
out of form, not having pitched
any this year, and he, of course,
could not be expected to do a
great deal. But he pitched a
better game than Cloudy did.
The score in the second game
was Webb City 5, Baxter 3.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02

p. E. Colder, one of Lincoln
ville's merchants, was in Baxter
Springs on business Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02
The Delayed Shipment Was Received This "Wednesday Morn
ing and is Now on Sale.
List OF Letters

List OF Letters
Remaining in the postoffice at
Baxter Springs. Kansas. for the
week ending with July ], 1913
which il not called for within two
weeks will be sent to the dead
letter office at Washington. u. c.:
Miss Courtney Edw McHueh
Mr. Fl ID MCGEE MIS- MEG uire
Mr-Abe McCarty Mr. Jesse Wolf
Chas Vanderworih L X Smith
She rman g. Ray Mr. Tom G Sanders
Mr. + l. Mathews Mr. + l. CLANCY
S T kirkpatric MIR VIII Alvey
Mr. J George Hudgns
Persons calling for any Of the
above letters will please say"Advr
Used" q wing date list.
FRED BARTLETT. p. NJ.
J. c. Naylor went to Kansas
City Monday night to look after
some business matters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02

Monday afternoon Mrs. E. c.
Gaines entertained the Carnation
Card Club. The Club prize was
won by Mrs. A. ]. Thompson; the
guests prize by Mrs. Gay Morri-
on while the consolation prize
went to Miss Audrey Smith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Murray Per-
kins visited his son, Ira c. Per-
kins in Galena last week.