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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
Birthday Anniversary.

Little Eleonore Aver. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Aver of Eighth
street, celebrated her Itth birthday
Yesterday afternoon with a gathering
Of her young friends at the home OF
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, An
drew Lohr. at 2700 Walnut street
The rain Of the morning interfered
with the plan for lawn party but
the spacious porch and house was I E
scene of the pretty affair and the /
tie Girls in their dainty white gowns
with sashes and big fluffy bows in
their hair and the boys all arrayed in
their very best for the occasion had
beautiful time with the timehon'
ored games. Whose Got the Button%'
drop the Handkerchief and all the
others so fascinating.
But the climax was reached when
Mrs. Lohr, bearing aloft great Jack
Hcrner pie, came OFT onto the porch
and called all the children TO her.
There were many strings depending
from the pie and each little hand was
stretched to take one. When all had
string the signal was given to pull
and the top of the pie burst open and
mysterious packages came forth one
on each string. Then there was a
great hustle to unwrap the parcels.
There were Ettle red accordicns
which gave forth real music. balloons
shaped like animals which one had to
blow into shape, and horns and then
a general din followed in which the
accordions and the horns played Z
grand chorus. If somewhat discordant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
Surprised a Visitor.

Miss Laurinda Ince of West Salem
H.. who has been the guest q heI
rrcle. Edward Ince and family, OF
Eighth street, was the honoree CT
suiprise affair "wednesday evening a.
the home OF MIR. and Mrs Isaac Wal
des on Eighth street.
The evening was pleasant one
games and music being features ff
entertainment followed by the serving
Of refreshments in the dining room,
The table was very prettily adorned
with a quantity of purple China
asters.
Miss Inee left for her home in
West Salem yesterday accompanied
as far as Olney by Harry Valdez.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

IL. ,,-.-.,,,-...!., LII
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hisht number OF representative ouSi
ness men of Cairo met ana took what
is generally 4 very imnortaut stem TO.
ward the development Of Cairo
wholesale business There were nres.
ent representatives of nearly a score
of Cairo's big houses or business
firms. the purpose being to form an
association To devise and carry into
effect Systematically and energet;s.
ally any line Of action that NAV ;e
decided upon from time To time.
There were present ar the meeting
last night:
.rohn l.. Parham of the Parham. Mat
thews Hat Co.
W. J. Johnston Of the Woodward
Hardware Co.
ID. l.. Marx of Marx & Nassauer,
dry goods.
Walter II. Wood. of the Wood &
Bennett Co, grocers.
John Greaney. of the New York
store Mercantile Co.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
TAKE ACTION ON
DIRECTOR D{ATH
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
ADOPTED BY FIRST BANK G.
TRUST COMPANY AS MEMO
RIAL TO THE LATE M. c.
WRIGHT.

At the regular meeting of the board
of directors Of the First State Bank 6
Trust Company, Cairo, Illinois, held
.Tuesray, August II, 1908, the follow.
ing resolutions were adopted:
MEMORIAL.
Whereas, II has pleased an All-Wise
Providence to remove from US on the
sixteenth day OF July, A. D. 1908, our
good friend and fellow director
MARION C. WRIGHT,
Therefore by the Board of Directors of
the First Bank & Trust Company,
Cairo, Illinois,
Be it Resolved: That in the death
Of MARION G. WRIGHT we are de-
priyed of the valued services of wise
and able counselor whose sterling in
tegrity and business tact were recog-
nized by all; a genial courteous friend
and gentleman. beloved and respected
and in whose judgment this board has
always reposed the highest confidence
Be it further resolved: That we
hereby tender to the bereayed family
aud relatives our heartfelt sympathy
and our condolences in the great loss
his death has occasioned.
Be il further resolved: That these
resolutions be spread upon our records
and that a copy of the same represent
ed to the family of our deceased friend
and published in the daily newspapers
of the city OF Cairo.
H. f. HALLIDAY,
THOS. p. COTTER,
II. ). CANDEE.
Committee.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

At the meeting last night an organi,
eaton was effected by electing John
l., Parham president, Geo B. Wearen
vice president, and Thos. J. Pryor of
the Dun agency secretary.
Various phases Of the movement
were discussed in a harmonious spirit.
A committee was appointed to draft
a constitution and bylaws in accord
ance with the ideas presented, out
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM
CAIRO PUBLIC LIBRARY

The regular meeting of the Library
Board was held Monday August Bird,
Mr. NJ. J. Howley, vice president, pre-
siding. Mr. Phil c. Barclay was ap.
pointed secretary pro TEN. Other
members present We're Mrs. John A.
Miller. Mr.. Reed Green and Mr.. Her
man c. Schulz. The other members
of the board are on summer outings
as follows: Mrs. A. T. Stafford. prest
dent, at Blue Island, H.. Mrs. SAM.
White in New York; Mrs. Isabella l..
Candee, in England, Scotland, and
elsewhere abroad; Mrs. Walter Wood,
in Chicago.
After the board meeting Mr.. Green
of the Book committee, looked over a
list of books, and authorized a book
order A small shipment has been re-
ceiyed. and those that have come will
be out early next week. Considerable
time has been spent getting the books
ready for the pnblic. Several dupli-
Gates TO replace popular ones, We're al
so ordered Quite a number 81 books
and some magazines are in the hands
d Mr.. Hillig, Of St. Louis who does
such excellent binding for the library
Some gentleman with a strong
Southern accent, phoned the library
yesterday for information regarding
the general" who, when asked to sur
render, said he had Just begun to
fight" A little research revealed the
fact that 1t was John Paul Jones, com
mander of the Bon Homme Richard
in the famous naval engagement with
the Scraps In the Revolutionary war.
Captain Pearson of the Scraps
hailed Commodore Jones and asked if
he demanded quarter, Jones replied
that he had just begun to fight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Isns to read with propriety and effect
to improve their language and senti-
ments, and to inculcate some of the
most important principles of piety and
virtue with a few preliminary obser-
vations on the principles of good read
ing" The book was published in 1921
and was once Mr. Safford's reader.
The library has quite a collection Of
old and rare books. Some of thesa
are in the museum. and others form
a collection, the antiquarian corner.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
WANTED.

business men to take their midday
meal at 220 Sixth street, next to Epis
copae church. Convenient, quick r
vice. good meal, 25c.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
W. c. r. u Elect on Postponed.

The election of officers Of the W. {.
T. e. which was to have been held
Yesterday afternoon was postponed TO
Thursday CT next week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

The faith that passeth understand
dollar for a blood purifier which is
passed over the counter by a MIN
whose face is full of blotches.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Miss Matte Scheurer of Union Ciy
and Miss Birdie Scheurer OF Nash.
vile. ILL.,, were the guests of Miss Pau.
line Vanderburgh yesterday enroute
to Nashville.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

we have had some old and interest
ing books in hand lately. Murray )
English reader; or pieces in prose
and poetry selected from the best
writer's, designed to assist young PEI
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

The benches given the library by
Miss Mary Halliday of Berlin, Ge;-
many are a boon to the weary, aud
much enjoyed by many others, besides
giving a home like appearance to the
library grounds. l.. l.. POWELL.
Librarian
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

David Rosenberg and W. T. Refs.
left for Chicago last night to bu,
goods for Mr.. ROsenberg's new stor,
The Palace, formerly the Reiss-Sta
pletOn company's establishment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Col. Geo. w. Reed state manager of
the WOodmen OF the World. formerly
member Of the state legislature was
in the city yesterday on business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Miss Idaho Sutherland returned yes,
terday from a visit at ST. Louis and
Mt Vernon. H. where she was the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Raymond IT.
vine
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Misses Mary Pennebaker and Flor.
ence Made who have been the guests
of Miss Ruth Pennebaker of Center
Street have returned to their home in
Columbus, Ky.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14
NOT FROM ST. LOUIS BUT

" YOU WANT YOUR PIANO
TUNED OR REPAIRED CALL UP
BUcHANAN's MUSIC STORE,
NJ. r. BRIGHTER,
RESIDENT TUNER. PRICES REA
SoNABLE. ALL WORK GUARAN
TEED.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. d. Hatcher will
leave today for a trip to Memphis and
return on the Str. Stacker Lee. They
will visit relatives at New Madrid.
Mo. on their return.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Miss Essie Cook who has been the
guest of her sister. Miss Anna Cook OF
Twenty-seventh street, has returned
10 her home In Ullin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

A book bearing the date lS49, lately
donated by Mrs. Miller, OF the board
will be of special interest TO ladies
with a taste for new" stitches. 1t is
called My Sampler and is written
by Miss Lambert" with many Illus
trations and details of work
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

d. l.. Williamson has returned from
Jacksonville. Fla, where he visited
his mother who is spending the sum
mer there
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

What is more thrilling than history,
II is so far ahead of "McCutcheon. g
and his sort of story tellers, that we
wonder that more do not read OF the
wonderful real acts of bravery, when
exciting and interesting reading is
wanted.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

1t has been a pleasure to have Miss
Aver of Concord. n. H.. who is CUES
of her brother Frank p. Aver visit the
library. She is connected with an ed.
vocational institution, and is alive on
late books and old ones. She is also
a near relation of the we'll known
librarian, Miss Garland, Of Dover. \.
H., who had charge of the library in
the Womans building at the Colum-
bian exposition.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

We hope every one will remember
the anniversary Of the laying of the
corner stone of the library building
and attend the celebration Oct. 30 Il
viii be Library Day" AMI special
effort will be made to have people
see the books and building, and 10
enjoy the fine program. Mrs. Miller,
chairman cf the committe on arra~ge-
ments is now I'm Chicago She will see
Miss Ahern, president of the Illinois
Library association. and editress ot
Public Libraries. If possible she VIII
have Miss Ahern here at the time
above referred to.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Miss Fern Smith of Thirty-fifth
street left yesterday for Fisher, Ark,
where she will visit friends and rela.
tiyes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

:SOCIALANDPERSONAL:


In fact one little boy wlose ear ;
music was sensitive, went off IN
shed tears.
Ice cream, cake and soda water
were served at a long table in the
library which was adorned with pilE
and white and after everyone had
been served to a piece Of the birthday
cake which with its five pink and
white candles formed the cent rpiec-
OF the table and which was cut by the
little hostess. the children grouped on
the front steps, We're photographed by
Mr. Aver
The little hostess was presented
with a number OF useful and pretty
mementoes of the day She was az.
sisted in entertaining by her aunt
Miss Carolyn Aver of Concord, n. H.,
by her grandmother Mrs Lohr, and
her mother Mr." Aver.
The guests were: Alma Rust. F5rl
and Alonzo Keaton, Clinton Terrell,
Katherine Cunningham Marga ct
Rust, John Messenger John Craig
Aisthorpe, Richard Denison. Marion
Greauey Harry Nassauer. Katherine
Carey, Katherine Smith, Fay Torrey.
Virginia Antrim. Jack Gates, Eugene
and Gordon Ellis, Eleanor McManu2,
Ruth Marx. Arthur Thistlewood, Al
berta Blatteau, Russell Gross, Helen !
Galligan Katherine Murray, Carol !
Kaufman, Fred Rees, Eugenia Per
rault.
Mrs. Anna Parks continues serious
ly i'll at her home on Park avenue,
Miss Fern Smith left yesterday for
a visit with friends at Fisher Ark.
B. NJ, CURL of Clay City Ind. fer
merly of Cairo was In the city yester-
day on business.
George Hyde, Jr., of Seventeenth /
street has returned from a visit with .
relatives at Mt Carmel.
Mrs. d. W1helan who has been very
i'll at her home on Sycamore street is
very mush improved.
w A. Billy an attorney OF Pinck-
NEVILLE, was the guest yesterday Of
Mayor George Parsons.
Sidney B. Espy OF Benton. Demo
cratic candidate for the legislature
was in the city yesterday Oh business
Miss Ella Coleman Of Twelfth street
will leave Saturday for a six weeks +
visit with friends at Moundsville, w. I
Va,
Miss Glenda Gray who has been the
guest of Mrs. Stephen Bird returned
yesterday to her home in Pennington,
Mo
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. George Holmes of st.
Louis have announced to their Cairo
friends the birth of a daughter, August
3. at their home in that city. Mrs.
Holmes formerly was Miss Abigail
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Wheeler of Spring field. H., at one
time a resident of Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Mrs. Ben Miller: of 41s Seventh
street has as her guest her daughter
Miss Pauline Huffman and her sister
Mrs. Hattie Harris of Sikeston. Mo.
The former will go to Dexter. Mo.
where she will join a house party.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Harry Hunt and daughter. Miss
Grace are here from Chicago. guests
of relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Evans
OF Twentyeighth and Poplar streets.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Mr.. John NJ. Lansden has gone to
Chicago 10 join his daughters Misses
Effie and Emma, for a months visit
there.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Mrs. Rose McGauley and daughter
Mrs. VIII Cunningham have returned
from a trip to New York and Atlantic
City
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Mrs. Serena Plew. of Elizabethtowu
ILL.,, is the guest of her daughter Mrs
J. w Mccoy of 2700 Commercial ave
nue..
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Committee
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Miss Ella Coleman of Twelfth stree
will leave Saturday for a six weeks
visit with friends at Moundsyille, w
Va,
Miss Glenda Gray who has been tn
guest of Mrs. Stephen Bird returne,
yesterday to her home in Pennington
Mo.
Mrs. Serena Plew. of Elizabethtown
H., is the guest of her daughter Mrs
~. w Mccoy of 2700 Commercial ave
nue..
Mrs. Rose McGauley and daughter
Mrs. VIII Cunningham have returned
from trip to New York and Atlantic
City.
Mr.. John M. Lansden has gone to
Chicago TO join his daughters Misses
Effie and Emma, for a months visit
there.
Miss Fern Smith of Thirty-ffth
street left yesterday for Fisher, Ark,
where she will visit friends and rela.
tives.
ID. l.. Williamson has returned from
Jacksonville Fla, where he visited
his mother who is spending the sum
mer there.
Miss Essie Cook who has been the
guest OF her sister. Miss Anna Cook OF
Twenty-seventh street, has returned
TO her home in Ullin.
Col. Geo. w Reed state manager of
the WOodmen OF the World formerly
member Of the state legislature was
in the city yesterday on business.
Miss Idaho Sutherland returned yes,
terday from a visit at St Louis and
Mt Vernon, H., where she was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Raymond IT.
vine
Miss Matte Scheurer of Union CITY
and Miss Birdie Scheurer of Nash
vile. ILL.,, were the guests of Miss Pau.
line Vanderburgh yesterday enroute
to Nashville.
Misses Mary Pennebaker and Flor
ence Made who have been the guests
of Miss Ruth Pennebaker of Center
Street have returned to their home in
Columbus, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. d. Hatcher will
leave today for a trip to Memphis and
return on the Str. Stacker Lee. They
will visit relatives at New Madrid,
Mo. on their return.
David Rosenberg and W. T. Reiss
left for Chicago last night to buy
goods for Mr.. Rosenbergs new store
The Palace, formerly the Reiss-St
pleton company's establishment.
Mrs. Ben Miller; of 4lS Seventh
street has as her guest her daughter
Miss Pauline Huffman and her sister
Mrs. Hattie Harris of Sikeston. Mo.
The former will go to Dexter. Mo-.
where she will join house party.
Mr.. and Mrs George Holmes of st.
Louis have announced to their Cairo
friends the birth of daughter. AuguGt
3. at their home in that city. Mrs
Holmes formerly was Miss Abigail
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-14

Miss Glenda Gray who has been the
guest of Mrs. Stephen Bird returned
yesterday to her home in Pennington
Mo-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-18
Ak IN TREASON TRIALS.
Sharp Edge Turned Toward Prisone-
When Sentence Is Pronounced.

Every one is aware of the dreadfully
significant part the executioner's ak
plays in trial for high treason. The
sharp symbol of death is carried be
fore the prisoner. with lis blunt side
turned toward him 50 long as he has
not been sentenced. sa.s MacmiIIan's
Magazine, and just before sentence is
pronounced the sharp edge is turned
his way.
Evelyn. who was present at the trial
of Lord Stafford in 1850, tells us that
the AK was turned cdgeWays to the I'M
fortunate nObIeman so soon as it was
asCertaiued that the voting of the
peers went against him. an effective
but CHASTITY piece of stage management
which must have had a sickening fas-
cination for the unhappy and probably
innocent man. In those days. now
happily gone by, no one seems to have
reflected on the unnecessary cruelty OF
narrowing the feelings OF men about to
die by such shocking judicial hyplay.
Not every prisoner treated this pure
-, ~ symbolic but otherwise superfluouS
and unpleasant ceremony as cOntemp-
tuously as did Lord Balmerino. When
the three coaches conveyed the Lords
kilmarnOck. BalmerinO and Cromartie
from the Tower to be sentenced at
Westminster on July 2S, 174G. diff
Guilty arose. 1t was not laid down by
prescription or use in which coach. if
there were more than one. the fatal ak
had to be carried. "Oh, put the -
thing in here cried brave old Bal
| merino. Il don't care
Yet, Notwithstanding his contempt
| for this horrid symbol, the undaunted
| old man cheerfully suffered death for
| his attachment to another symbol the
white cockade. But Lord Kimarnock
i'll the next coach, was dreadfully
| frightened, as he showed himself TO be-
| by his thorough realization of what
the awful az would mean to him He
| inquired infinitely into all the details
of an execution. wanted the governor
of the Tower to tell him whether his
head would roll or rebound. and when
on the scaffOld he saw the executioner
dressed in white. with white apron
he whispered to his chaplain, Home
how horrible"'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-18
BANS SHED
Coffee Finally Had to Go.

The way some persons cling 10 cot
fee even after they know it is doinS
them harm, is puzzler. But it is an
easy matter 10 give it up for eoyu,
when Postum Food Coffee is properly
made and used instead.
A girl writes: Mother had been
suffering with nervous headaches for
seven weary years. but kept drinking
coffee.
One day l asked her why she lid
not give up coffee as cousin of mine
But Mother was such . slave TO cot
fee she thought it would be terrible
to give it up.
Finally, one day, She made the
change to Postum, and quickly her
headaches disappeared. One morning
while she was drinking Postum 50
freely aud with suca relish. | asked
for taste
THAT started me ON Postum and |
now drink it moro freely than | did
coffee, which never comes into uuy
house nov.
"A girl friend of mine, one day, saw
me drinking Postum and asked il il
was coffee. told her il was Postum
and gave her some ~ axe home. pit
forgot 10 tell her how 10 make il.
The next day she lid She did NOT
see how I could drink Postum. I
found she had made it like uvdin2s y
coffee. So ! told her how 20 make i.
right and gave hcr Il cupfUl ms.dt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-18
NEWEST AND BEST.

Thank heavens for Oklahoma, Our
snewest state comes into the union
with other and better ideas than the
antiquated notions most of the old
states are going under. Our forefath-
hers were all right in their day and did
tyeoman service for the country in its
times of need in the earlier years.
fThat, however, is no sign the ideas of
swhat was best for the country fifty
kears ago are likewise the great RENE
dies for today. AS a nation we out
grow the remedies for early needs just
as a child outgrows short dresses. Ok
iahoma, before attaining statehood,
had the good sense to realize that in
dealing with the problems Of today
and of the near future, she must have
n constitution made to deal with con-
nitions of today. And when she was
admitted to the union, Oklahoma had
Hbout the most radical constitution, to
The minds of conservatives of the older
states, Of any state in the country.
Oklahoma represents wildly the con-
2rast between the old and the new,
real government of the people as
against government of special inter
ests. Take the new states banking
law for example. While other states
have been considering guaranteeing
bank deposits, Oklahoma has passed
a state law guaranteeing the deposits
of all state banks and forcing these
banks to pay "A small tax to a general
fund, safeguarded by the state, for
protecting their depositors. Whether
this law is a good one time alone can
tell, It is, however, good in intent, for
it was passed to safeguard the hard
earned savings of the people of the
state. Then Oklahoma has yet anoth-
er law that makes the people still
more supreme in their self govern
ment. National senators are chosen
by vote of the people who instruct
their state legislators whom to select.
This is yet another step in advance
over the old way of selecting senators
that has been our heritage from our
forefathers. If Oklahoma continues
in the progressive path she has set out
on, she will be a continual source of
inspiration for all the rest of the coun-
try in the fight for greater rights for
the people and less power for the
criminal corporations ana the money
kings of Wall street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-18

streets. Rev. S. K. Lyons pastor.
Preaching by the pastor 1890 a. m.
and 100 p. nj. Morning subject: The
Chief Corner Stone" communion
service. Evening subject: The Cos
pcl-Saved by Grace Sabbath
school 9:15 a. m. Christian Union,
6:30 p. m.
First Methodist Episcopal Ray
mOnd J. Wade, pastor. Sunday school
at 9:15 a. m; morning service at
1890, subject, The Life OF Love.
Glass meeting at HAS,; Junior League
at p. m; Vesper Sacred Concert at
8 p. M, Handlers messiah" by the
choir; Epworth League at $50 p NJ.
evening service at 40, subject, The
Inward Wrestler"
UniversaIist-ReV. Leon =. Jones
will preach in the Pythian Temple al
; D. NJ, subject An Effective Prayer
Father Forgive Them" Sunday school
at p. IN. Everyone welcome.