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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04
A Possibility.

Yes" proudly observed the Japs.
uese official, our latest naval stats
tics show that we now have thirty
first class battleships."
"Ah, invncible Nippon" exclaimed
another statesman of the Land Of the
Rising sun still 1t is hardly accurate
yet to include the American feet
Some Of their vessels may be sunk
Inlge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04
Assed and Answered.

The inquisitiye visitor 10 the studio
Of the famous but crotchety artist pro-
pounded the query. What do you mix
your colors WITH" with brains, sir"
replied the painter IN dignifed tones.
All" commented the visitor. so you
paint miniatures"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04
Four Per Cent. Interest.

The First National Bank, Friends
vile, pays four per cent. interest on
time deposits. Place your money in
this bank where it's earning capacity
will be greater than in any other bank
ing institution in the county.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Friendsvile, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04
State Corporation Commission
Successful In Oklahoma.

Ck new state of Oklahoma is half wild and wooly as
outsiders have been made think do not think that we
have excessive lengths adicalm and vet we have
done curb corporate power than state of the
Union. Our plan Of STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM in bringing about this
condition. and am here tell that commission has been
success as THE RAILROADS THEMSELVES ADMIT
1t has already brought about big reduction in freight rae5
per cent on lumber 80 coal on OIL 90 per cen
on granand arranging tariff that will bring relief 70
our farmers who are heavy producers of this crop That's pretty goo
Tor body that has only been November isn't
These reductions saving of millions dollars annually TO
our people What more instead of kicking THE RAILROADS
ARE COOPERATING with the commission and s;onifn tb
intention to work with for the mutual benefit of the general public
and of the transportation companies.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04

There nothing the Bible has harder with
the misrepresentation of proed Christians The Bible stands
under this fire because is HUMAN BOOK AND, MORE be
cause faithfully accounts for human conditions because boo
filled with tie records human misery and because human
needs.
In writing of Washington and Lincoln in the present day tel
only Of the good of their lives Only good that
coin told are recounted in his early life he told that
not good The Bible however, looks the and
TELLS THE TRUTH 1t relates the Abraham
and David well the better parts of their character.
WHEN THE WRONGS MODERN CONDITIONS ARE ReHTEp
II WILL EE BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST A
FAIR CHANCE EVERY MAN LONGS THAN HE
IS. TIE SATISFACTION OF THAT WARNING MAY
THE BOOK GIVE THE A
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04
The Bible a Human Book
That Meets Human Needs.
BY r, 5. CooCr1AN. Y. NJ. c. A. Secretary

HE Bible has always been under fire, but the old will
stand all the assault that will upon it. 1t has been
~ under the fire of nfdety of destructive criticism of
troversy and of misrepresented text
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-04
i Labor <
Organizations
Accomplish
Much Good.

@e~$ HAVE never been encourage antagonism be-
~ tween labor and capital Each should be protected
No thoughtful will contend that labor organize
tions should be absolutely DESTROYED Sometimes
their demands may be unreasonable, but work
%2@~ ing people Of the country have organizations
protect themselves against organizations Of capital that attempt
put unjust burdens upon them they would be POWERESS TO
RESIST any oppression.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A
THEY WoRKNGMEN
AND THEIR FAMILIES IN CORDIAL AND FRIENDLY RELATION
AND HAVE ENABLED THEM TO SECURE BETTER WAGES
HOMES EDUCATE
These people are many instances very BEST AND MOS
VALUABLE CITIZENS and should give possible
encouragement This does refer the aetator, but
the honest and industrious ors who seek their conditions
Take John MITCHELL for example. He has shown himself be
careful, thoughtful and Just
Both employers and employees have rights and should
slider the welfare Of the other Destroy labor organizations entirely
and MOST DEPLORABLE CONDITION would confront u.s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
CREDITORS OF THAw.
pate for sIeetlnE n Flsea pr Rer

Date for BIeeting Is Fixed By Referee.
 Pittsburg, Aug. 1s.--Monday, Septem- Der T, Labor Day, has been set for the first meeting of the creditors of Harry K. Thaw In the bankruptcy proceed ings
 Stone, counsel for Thaw. called on refe- rec Blair and the date for the meet. ing was agreed upon. It is said here that Thaw Will be present at the time At this meeting a trustee Is to be se- lected by the creditors. for in the event of their failure to do 80, Referee Blair will appoint one
 The meeting is to be held in Referee Blair's oflce.
 Through his local attorneys. Thaw today filed a petition in the United States court asking leave to amend the schedule in his voluntary bankruptcy petition of August !. The petition was granted and the amended schedule Of creditors was filed. The names of five additional creditors are added. They are, Daniel J. O'Reilly. of New York, whose claim is placed at si.00o for ser vices rendered in 1907 and 1908; Frank J. Connolly. of New York. for clerical services, $50; Stone and Stone, of Pitts burg, attorneys for legal services $1,- 900 for 1908; Charles Morscha user, of Poughkeepsie, N. r.. for legal services. $l00; pr. Jonn A. C4rds or Fougnkeep- sic, N. Y, for medical services, s30; H. H. Bain, of Poughkeepsie, N. T.. for meals, &66.
 The old. schedule of claims amount ing to s453.l40 is increased and amounts with the claims of the additional credi- tors to S45B,206. The assets of SIPS, ,012 formerly given. remain the same.
 The claim of Mrs. Mary c. Thaw against her son, Harry K. Thaw, was fied today before Referee Blair. Her claim is for S2Os.s74.21, said to have been loaned on promissory notes. Of which the claim states there were twenty-four, ranging from $500 to 10000, given between June 2S. 1908. and August 8. 1907. All but one of the notes are dated Ptttsburg.
 Thaw, in his schedule of liabilities. gives hls indebtedness to his mother as S19i ,500, but in Mrs. Thaw's claim he is charged with interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
FAMOUS DINING CLUBS.
The Bread and Cheese Luneh--Dint
 MaRny--"Tho Bread Pills"

The Bread and Cheese Lunch--Diner
 Magny--"Tho Bread Pills"
 There Is dining club in New York from which one of the most distinguished men in the United States and of the most ln- a dozen years ago by the objection of single member. who. as 1t happened. had moved away from New York and therefore no longer attended the diners
 This particular club has been in existence for forty years or more. dining together members. all men who have been success. full in their several professions and all of them more or less we'll known
 To call the roll of it's membership would be indiscreet. writes Brander Matthews in the Forum. but mention may be made of the fact that among the members whom 1t has lost by death within the last few years were James z. Carter. E. L. Godkin. George F, Waring. John Hay. Clarence King and Augustus Saint Gaudsns. Its continued prosperity Is due probably in great measure to the care taken to prevent any one pro fsssion from having too heavy a proportion. tors. painters and architects. novelists and historians. college presidents and college professors. men of affairs and executives of important enterprises
 Two American reunions of scholars have a certain likeness 10 'fThe Club" of which Dr. Johnson was the autocrat and of which cama into being in New York when the Knickerbocker writers formed the chief seventy years ago. and the other fIourished in Boston g score or two of years later, when the New England group of authors had wrenched from their New York pre- decessors the literary supremacy Of the United States.
 The first was formed by Fenimors Cooper and certain of his friends. Bryant. Chan eelior Kent. President King of Columbia College and a few others. It was called the Bread and Cheese Lunch. although it seems to haev been often more discretly styled the Cooper Club. and it had intrmlttent meet day meal at Parkers in Boston. and which was attended at one time or another by nearly every one of the poets and prose writers who were then adorninE the Athens of America and it's immediate vicinity.
 In the journals of LonEfeliow and in the letters of Holmes and Lowell there is ire quent mention of their attendance at these and Charles Sumner also So did the elder Henry James. whose son has told us how he used to be taken there In his youth to listen to the talk of his elders
 Whittier came and the shy Hawthorne Envious outsiders unbidden to these simple banquets. sneered at the men who took part calling 1t the mutual admiration
 To be eomoared with this club of men Of letters is the Diner Magny, which existed for series of years a little later ia Paris and which had among its members Renan, Tains. and Gautisr. saint-Bsuve and Flaubart
 Other Parisian dining clubs there were in abundance. For example, the Normans again at what are known as the Diners du Cidre. and in like manner the southerners who have come up to the capital from Provence have association of their own which they term Le Tomato.
 Obviously these Parasian gatherings bear
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
ozoue V. Opium.

FlltSDuEB Gazette.
 Eternal vigilance seems to be the price of many other things besides liberty Even morality 1t appears. de- bends upon the activities of the police force. The opium habit Is the latest vice to call for official Investigation aud measures to curb 1t. Detective RichN ard Kelly finds that a large porpor- ton of suicides occurs among the usera of opium; that its use Is wfdespread among thieves. gambelers and fallen women; and thinks that the only way to check the evils is to stop the ship ments of the drug to this point. All Of which bears melancholy testimony to the impotence of restrictive and coer. cive measures when dealing with any of the subtler phases of human de- pravity.
 Men cannot be made moral by police surveillance. But police surveillance is needed to keep immortality from spreading. Therefore, Detective Kel- Iey's suggestion. contained in his re~ port to the international opium com mission, is worthy of careful consider ation It may, at any rate. minimize the opportunities for obtaining this insidious drug and make 1t more difficult to disseminate its use.
 At the same time it should be under stood that there is no effective anti dote except healthful and sane living. A day in the open air is worth a dozen ordinances, prohibitions or raids. T,SA perfectly healthy man will not crave unnatural stimulants and narcotis. Exercise and ozone are mighty preven- tive medicines; gymnasiums and natatariums and parks do more to check vice than all the reformatories and pen- itentiaries. Compulsory virtue ia but poor substitute for the free choice Of sane and natural living.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
DYING MAN QUOTED
ANNIs SAID IKE WAS PAYING FOR
 HIS WRONG.
pr. Houghton Heard Dying Statement, But Denies Now that Words Came
 from Dying Mans Lips.

New York. Aug. 1s.--New light is expected to be thrown upon the Bay side Yacht Club tragedy at the inquest to be held Wednesday evening at Flushing. Into the death of William p. Annis, who was killed last Saturday by Capt. Peter c. Hains. Jr., U. s. A.
 Dr. Henry Houghton, the physician who was at the side of Annis when he lost consciousness. was quoted to- day as intimating that Annis, in his last moments, acknowledged that he was paying with his life for a wrong he had committed.
 He told certain things to me-" pr. Houghton Is quoted as saying, which no one else heard and which have told to no one. When | am called on to testify before the coroner's jury I possibly will make>it public"
 That there was absolutely nothing in the attitude of either Hains to inc dicate that they were laboring under any delusion or any great excitement ed by the doctor.
 It was learned today that Frederick |. Norton of Boston, Mrs. Hains's coun- sel In the divorce action brought by her husband, would visit this city to- day in reference to his clients affairs. It was understood that Mrs. Hains inc tends to take some action towards con- polling the return of the children to her.
 District Attorney Darren. who Is anxious to bring the Hains Brothers to a speedy trial, had his detectives out today accommodating evidence which will be presented at the trial.
 The movements of the Haines Broth CTS and William D. Annts. the murder ed man. for several days before the shooting. are being traced. One of the witnesses who will be summoned at the trial is L. C. Page. a publisher of Bos- ton. who, 1t is alleged. recently re- eeived letter from T. Jenkins Hains, in which the latter Is said to have writ. ten that his brother was broken heart ed by his home being destroyed by a magazine writer.
 Coroner Ambler will hold an inquest in the cases tomorrow evening, ". c. Percy. counsel for the Hains brothers. today sent the following lst- ter to the warden of the Queens County jail:
 Please let no one see Captain Hains or his brother. T. Jenkins Hains ex- cept their father or mother. until fur ther notice. have been retained as counsel"
 The warden says he will carry out the wishes of the lawyer. pr. Houghtor, this afternoon. denied that Annis told him anything from which 1t could be inferred that Cap tain Hains had any cause for the shoot ing.
 Mrs Captain Hains decided after a consultation with counsel today to in- stitute proceedings to obtain the cus- tory of her children. who are now at the home of General Peter c. Hains, father of the captain, at Fort Han cock. on Sandy Hook.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19

striking likeness to certain organizations In New York. such as the New England se- eiety. the Southern Society. the Ohio Socie- ty and the Missouri Society which seem to have as the chief end of their existence the giving of an anual banquet whereat there shall be an abundance of after dinner ora tory. words flowing like water. with a list of toasta extending from coffee almost to the crack of doom
 In one of his amusing volumes of Paris- ian gossip NJ. Jules clarsits tells an ancc- dote Of French dining club composed of authors and painters and known as the Bread Pills" because of It's methods of election. After the name of candidate for admission had been proposed at one meet ing 1t was discussed at the next dinner, and thereupon a waiter was sent around the table win soup tureen. into. which every member in turn inserted his closed hand
 If he desired the election of the man proposed he left nothing in the tureen. If he wished 10 exclude the candidate he dropped little ball competed from the crumb of his bread. and when a certain number of these bread pills was found in the tureen the man proposed was rejected. On one occasion. as M Claretie records. the candidate was so unpopular that the voting urn filled with large rolls. Into the mass of which one member. moro hos tile than the rest. insisted on thrusting a huge loaf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
HoU Young LiUernore Has
 Cornered the Cotton Market

body extremely bearish. The mills were running on half time; there was very little demand for cotton In Europe; the textile trade was stagnant' and business generally was depressed. There had been, however. long period of liquiuation. I found that the trade was practically sold out of cotton. Supplies were exhausted and every business man was afraid to buy any thing because of the general gloom h financial affairs. The pendulum had swung to it's lowest point.
 suddenly one firm began to buy moderately; the other houses, knowing that, in order to compete, they must acquire their raw material at equal levels. began putting in their orders Demand suddenly sprang up every where. Copper has been advancing an eighth of a cent a pound a day, the market is flooded with orders and the copper stocks are soaring. The textile trade has begun to improve. The mills must soon begin to lay in their sup plies. Bye and bye one fellow will be- gin buying just a little, then others will follow. tremendous revival in the industry is inevitable.
 Meantime the cotton shorts have sold thousands of bales which they do not own. and cannot deliver. They have reckoned on the new crop, but they have not reckoned on the new planter in the South He has finally learned his lesson. He is In a position to demand his own price. The Far mers' Union has taken an oath not to sell a bale of cotton less than ten cents a pound at the primary market. The spinners must buy the New York op- tions to hedge against their purchases in the South.
 A Remarkable Situation.
 The speculators must go South to buy their cotton for New York de- liveries at a cost of S7 to $s a bale more than the prevailing New York price. That is the situation today and 1t is one of the most remarkable that ever existed. Cotton is bound to soar. and the rise has already begun. This explains my position in the market at the present time. Just how high the price will go l don't know. Nobody does"
 Various estimates of Mir. Livermore's winnings are made in Wall Street and they range from $3.000, 900 up to figures which he himself admits are absurd His friends say that he has 1t invested safely against the vicissitudes of the hazardous game which he is playing He has a handsome residence at No I94 Riverside Drive, where he spends the winter months Ills only fad is yachting, and he lives in summer on his steam yacht. from which he comes to business every day. He is a member of the Atlantic, Larchmont and Colum- bia yacht clubs. MT. Livermore mar ried nine years ago Miss Kettle Jor- dan of Indianapolis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
DEAF-MUTE
JOHN J. RYAN, TURF PROMOTER
 UNDER ARREST.
Because of the Death of Man He Run Down With Auto, Race with Barney OldfIeId VIII Be
 Called off.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Aug. is--on an af- fidavit filed by County Prosecutor Frank Tracey, Judge Stephens. of Cow ington. Ky, today swore out warrant charging John J. Ryan, the turf pro- moter and commission man of Cincin- natl, with manslaughter. The warrant was placed in the hands of detective who immediately came to Cincinnati to serve it. The warrant is the cut come of the death of Ignats Wandrack, deaf mute, who was run down and instantly killed on the Lexington Pike by Mir. Ryan's automobile Sunday night.
 MT. Ryan gave himself up at the covington Court House late this after noon. His bond was fixed at $7,500 and the case continued until October 6.
 Ryan recently posted a $500 forfeit to race Barney oldfield. the automobile racer. The meet was scheduled to take place at the Latonia track Sep tember IS, but 1t is said Ryan will forfeit his $500 and call off the race because of the accident on Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19

Lyle devoured forty-eight bananas in ten minutes.
 To add to his fame. such as 1t is, he placed gallon of ice cream and three quarts of water on top of them. Then hn volunteered to make away with twenty more bananas. but unfor- tunately - or fortunately the fruit stands were closed.
 Lyle is farmer and stock raiser When fruit is not In season he satis- fles his appetite with huge chunks of beefsteak and liver, but his tastes lean to tropical fruits. He weighs 1s0 pounds when he has eaten nothing for eight or ten hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
The Time for Action.

T had been on a vacation down South and when came back found every
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
 BUFFALoEs COME SOUTH.
Decide to Held Next Meeting i'm Ci
 0f New Orleans


 of New Orleans. Cincinnati. Aug. lS.-The National Convention of the Order of Buffaloes, which has been in session here, today selected New Orleans as the place of meeting in 1909, and eeIcted the follow ing officers:
 Grand ,BIson, R. NJ David. New Or leans.
 Vice Grand Bison. pr. Louis Grear. Cincinnati.
 Grand Chaplain, Capt. J. B. Wilson. Fort Wayne, Ind. Grand Scribe. L. O. Deplantier. New Grand Treasurer, ". Philip Johnson. New Orleans
 Grand Guide. Frank Leinlnser, Gin einnati. leans. New Orleans
 Trustees--John c. Roth, Cincinnati Major J. J. Cronon, New Orleans; John Cruso, New Orleans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
To Probe Threatened Truss.

Washington, Aug. l6.--In view Of representations of theatrical managers of the existence of an alleged theatri- cal trust. the Deartment of Justice will investigate the charges. So far no in- qury as to the so-called combination has been inaugurated and no time has been set for starting the work. officers of the Department of Justice not hav- ing gone into the question of their pow CTS in the premises.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
CENTRAL AMERICA CLEAN.
American Surgeons Return From Sani
 tary Congress.


 New Orleans. La.. Aug. ls.-That Central America is making rapid pro- gress in keeping clean her cities and towns and Is cleaner today than ever before in the history of that country, are the reports brought back to New orleans by pr. Gregrio M. Guiteras, of the United States Marine Hospital Service. and .sDrs. William Jefferson and Frank F. Murphy. of Sioux City, Iowa. who have just returned from Guatemala where they attended the Pan- American Sanitary Congress.
 Just before adjournment the con gress reiterated it's stand on the ques- ton of yellow fever, declaring that the only way the disease can be trans mItted is through the agency of the stegomyia mosquito.
 Lima, Peru was selected as the next meeting place, although the delegates from the United States wanted Wash ington. D. c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
CRusHEn TO DEATH.

Birmingham. Ala, Aug. 1s-A special from Huntsville. says that ". Nj. Scrog- gins, a prominent citizen of Madison County is dying at his home near New Hope from having his chest crushed in by a mule. The animal fell on MT. scrogGins and inflicted fatal injuries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
CHAMPIoN GoURaaANp.

HaIf-BusheI Peanuts, Forty-Eight
 Rananns, Gallon of Ice Cream. Parnell (Mo) Special.
 Proud of his distinction for having eaten a half-bushel of peanuts. John
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-03
For a Sane Fourth.

State Fire Marshal Purtell has is
sued the following statement regarding
the Fourth of July celebrations: THE
insane celebration of the Fourth OF July
under the guise of patriotism should re-
ceive careful thought and attention from
those in authority throughout the state.
The annual loss attendant upon our eel
ebration OF the Fourth amounts to mill
ions If dollars, in direct and indirect
loss, making it to be day to be dreaded
by all who are not blinded by the most
barbarous motives. AS a rule, those who
celebrate with the most noise are the
ones who do not feel any great degree of
patriotism The city and village author
tiles throughout the state could do much
toward the reduction of property loss
from this source by giving the matter
some attention and consideration. The
law prohibiting the use of the cannon
cracker, which contains dynamite should
be strictly enforced"