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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-19

pupncity because you gave chanks in too
aearey manner. Indications few days
oeiore the memorable holiday suggested
no corner In the turkey market in the
middle west, and for that reason the king
pm OF The Thanksgiving meal was attain
able among those who perhaps a year
ago were not SO fortunate when the
Dirds were higher in price.
with over S0,00O,00O persons giving
thanks-perhaps 100000 don't know
WYNN these United States there are
100000 turkeys consumed on Thanks
giving day. The preparation of the birds
ior the table is one of the country's great
industries for several months before the
grub-fest takes place. Roast pig. duck
geese and chickens are also sandwicbed
IN as thanksgiving delicacies, and their
preparation for market and the festive
board is also big proposition to the
men who do the work
Sixty-seven years ago the Goth n, No.
svember was the first Thanksgiving dav
ever appointed for and observed in Chi.
cago; observed, be it said, by the peonIe
generally. There probably were in tbe
population Of between 1000 and mn
souls as many New Englanders as tbere
were New Workers or Pennsylvanians or
ohioans or southerners, and some among
those from New England remembered
the old home custom of giving snecia1
Blue-grass blade., 1908-04-19
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS.

Another murderer has been sent post
haste to Kingdom Come!
Chester Gillette, of New York State,
Sunday -school teacher and devout
Christian, was convicted of the murder
OF Grace Brown, was sent to the electric
chair, and from the chair he was trans
ported forthwith to everlasting glory.
He is now safe in the arms of Jesus.
This much is gathered from the news
paper accounts of the murderer's last
days on earth. Making full con-
fessiOn of hs crime as to leave no doubt
concerning his guilt, he INDUCES in an
harangue for the edification of young
men, exhorting them to lead Christian
lives, and confessing himself at peace
with his god he announced his readiness
to leave the world, the flesh and the
devil, happy in the thought of celes-
tial paradise awaiting him.
And this is religion, aye, the Christian
religion. Is it any wonder that decent
Blue-grass blade., 1908-04-19

naught for education. This is one of
the Christian taunts today, irrespective
of the fact that it is education alone
that make Liberals of men and women.
Now friends, get busy. We need
money to start the printing work for
the lessons and examinations. We need
students enough to make up the 100
asked for 1t ought to have thousand,
but the century mark will give us
good foundation to begin on.
Send in your name as as tudent.
Failing that send donation to start
the school off in the proper manner
Our argument is that the School pur-
poses to teach and promulgate the
truths of Science and Philosophy. 1t is
not intended to teach any ism or to
make any particular factional DISPOSE
tiOn. Its sole aim is truth and for the
good that lies in such an undertaking
we prefer to quote from John Ruskin,
whO in his, "The Two Paths say
"We are all of us willing enough to
accept dead truths or blunt ones; which
can be fitted harmlessly into spare
inches, or shrOuded and cOffined at once
out of the way, we holding complacent-
ly the cemetery keeps, and supposing we
have learned something. But sap
ling truth, with earth at its root and
blossom on it's branches or trenchant
truth, that can cut it's way through bars
and sOds; most men, it seems to me.
dislike the sight or entertainment of,
if by any means such guest or vision
may be avoided. And, indeed, this is
no wonder; for one such truth, thor
Oughly accepted, connects itself strange
ly with others, and there is no saying
what it may lead us to-"
Blue-grass blade., 1908-04-19
BLUE GRASS BLADE.

made up. In other words their joining
the School is made an appeal for you
to do likewise. They are as follows :
Ebert Anderson, Nashville, Tenn;
Howard j. Tunberry, San Antonio,
Texas;
V. Anderson, M. D., Bridgeport,
Neb;
Daniel B. Whitman, Lexington, KY;
Herman Straus, Lexington, KY;
Clara HigganbOtham, Waterloo, Iowa
j. j. Jones, Somerset, KY;
Helen III. Quisenberry, Chicago, ILL.,;
Mary Anderson Lee, Cook County,
ILL.,;
Thomas Hitchcock, Wellington, Kan
sas;
Eugene A. Asgood, Garfield, Utah;
Four of the above express desire
to be made teachers in the work, two
do not, and the others are undecided.
In our judgment this is good be-
ginning. The school has hardly been
launched, as yet, and even in it's initial
stages it can be said to have done WELL
OF course, none of those enrolled have
been asked, as yet, to pay the tuition
fee, nor will they until full one hun
dred has been put on the list. Just as
soon as the requisite number is secured,
each student will be notified and the
tuition fee can then be paid and the
school begin.
AS an incentive arrangements have
been completed with University pro-
fessOrs to pass upon all examinations
and these have been selected with
view Of obtaining the highest intellect
ual authority obtainable so as to give
standing, character and credit to the
school.
The Blade will, for temporary pur-
poses, or until some other medium can
be established, if necessary, act as a
means of communication between the
pupils and the Instructor and between
the pupils themselves. In other words,
it will stand as School journal to
promote it's best interests and keep it
before the Freethinkers of the country.
But few encouraging letters have been
received as yet. SOME of these are ex-
tremely enthusiastic. Others admit that
the School is desirable institution but
fears are expressed concerning the out
come for lack Of support. We do not
entertain any of these fears We know
the School will grow once we can get
it started The start is what is most
necessary.
Here are opportunities that have
never before been presented to the
great mass of Liberal people in Ameri-
ca. The school is open to young and
old Will not the Freethinkers en-
co,ra0 a If nv their cooneration9 LET
Blue-grass blade., 1908-04-19
GIVE THE SCHOOL A START.

character is III human life?
Remember, friends, that the harvest
of the future depends altogether upon
the character and quality of the seeds
we SOW now.
Men may SOW wild oats, as they are
Familiarity called, and the sowing will
not injure them, but it is in the gather
ing Of the crop raised where the
trouble is found.
The basis of all power is knowledge
and knowledge is the handmade Of
human happiness and peace. Knowl-
edge upsets speculation. knowledge
is substitute for theory. knowledge
is the key to the future and the open
door to Individual greatness.
The Correspondence School has been
designed for the purpose Of diffusing
knowledge Of the greatest utility. To
study through the courses of instruc-
ton it will prescribe will make you a
new being and lay the material uni
verse, the all in all, before you in an
entirely new ligth. The whole problem
undergoes change and the cobwebs of
bigotry and piOus Incidence are re-
moved from natural phenomena.
We now have eleven pupils enrolled.
This is but ten per cent of the re-
quisite number to justify the school
being opened.
Give us ninety additional students
and the primary lessons will at once be
mailed to each. The school can then
begin without much fear concerning it's
future welfare.
So confident do we feel regarding the
great merit of our plan that we can
make an offer to refund the tuition fee
to any student, who, having taken
one years course of instruction, will
honestly say that he or she has not
been benefited thereby, unless the de-
linquency appear to be of the students
own lack of energy. If one years
course will do this for you what should
be the benefits accruing from a three
years course9
Our object is to SOW good seed, the
seed of intelligence and knowledge.
The harvest may be slow in appearing
but when it is ready to gather the bene-
fits derived will be both material and
permanent. The savings of money ac-
quired during a lifetime of toll may be
squandered, lost, in a single day.
knowledge, once instilled into the mind
and brain, is never lost. 1t cannot be
swept away or taken from you. 1t is
there, with you, to stay
The half score students already en-
rolled are earnestly awaiting the time
when the full complement shall be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-18

on stable basis, in harmony with the
great nations of the world.
protective tariff in the interest of
American industries and American la
Dor.
The building of the Panama canal.
The national irrigation act, which is
transforming the West from a desert
to the most productive area of Amer
lea.
The Pure Food Law, stopping pois-
oned foods.
The Railroad Rate Law, abolishing
rate determinations.
The Emergency Currency bill and the
National Monetary Commission.
The Employers and Government
Liability laws.
The measures for the greater effic-
iency for the Army and Navy.
The model child labor law for the
District of Columbia.
The new statute for the safety of
railrOal engineers and firemen and
many other acts concerning the public
welfare.
Shall the Republican record be en-
dorsed? Triumphant millions of free,
enlightened American citizens will
answer YES, at the polls November
4th, and overwhelmingly elect Taft and
Sherman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-18

the bottle into the mules stomach.
The mule gave one startled gasp and
struck out across the prairie, and was
lost to sight. The surprised farmer
stood for while immersed in deep
thought, and then he said: Stranger,
please give me the rest of that turpen-
tine; I've got to catch my mule"
Friends and ex-brOthers of the one
time IroQuois Club, 1 have always
stood just where 1 stand now, square
ly upon the principles of the founder
of the Democratic party and the
Trainer of the Declaration Of indie
pendence; but the Democratic Donkey
has gone galloping over the political
prairie until it is lost to the sight of
its original adherents.
1 am not in the race to catch that
donkey, and if you are, you will find
that you have to keep plumb full of
different kind Of turpentine in every
campaign.
And so / received your communica-
ton with qualification and gratitude,
and so 1 withdraw from your club with
pleasure and without the slightest hard
feeling.
Good luck and God bless you, and
may you all be able to keep up with
your mule Sincerely,
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-18
Joint Interests.

Labor needs capital to secure the best
production, while capital needs labor in
producing anything. The share of each
laborer in the joint product is affected
not exactly, but in general way, by
the amount of capital in use as COM
pared with the number of those who
labor. The more capital in use the
more work there is to do, and the more
work there is to do the more iabOrers
are needed. The greater the need for
laborers the better their pay per man.
Manifestly, it is in the direct interest
of the laborer that capital shall in
crease faster than the number of those
who work. Everything which legiti-
mately tends to increase the aecumu-
lation of wealth and it's use for pro-
duction will give each laborer larger
share in the joint result of capital and
labor.-Hon. VIM. H. Taft, at Cooper
Union, New York City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-18
PROTECTION FOR DEPOsITORS.
Postal Savings Banks Offer a Salts

| Postal Savings Banks Offer Salts
factory Measure of Protection.
Mr.. Bryan's scheme for the protec-
| ton of depositors is to make solvent
and prudently managed banks pay the
losses of the insolvent and imprudently
managed. 1t is a plan to make every
bank go security for every other bank,
and it may we'll be questioned if a law
imposing such an obligation without
the consent Of the person charged
would be sustained by the courts.
Mr.. Taft, discussing this subject, said
that he favored postal savings banks as
| a protection for depositOrs rather than
the Brya ms mcfheoecmfwyp cmfwyp
the Bryan scheme of enforced liability
! The distinct advantage of the postal
savings bank proposition is that it
would provide for direct government
be guaranteed against loss by the
government. because the banks would
be government institutions. There
would be no possibility of loss, and no
injustice would be inflicted upon other
banks like that to which they would
be subjected under the Bryan scheme,
| if they were compelled to pay losses
incurred by banks over which they
had no control.
Postal savings banks in other coun-
tries have given great satisfaction, and
there is no question that they would
be conducted as safely and in every
other way as satisfactorily in the Unit
ed States The government be-
ing the banker, would properly be
charged with responsibility to the de-
positors and others doing business
with it.
On the other hand, the State has no
more authority to make a banker re-
sponsible for the debts Of another
banker than it has to impose a like
responsibility upon a merchant for the
debts of other merchants. Surety is
matter of voluntary contract. and the
essential element in any financial OBJ
| legation is consent on the part of the
person to be charged To force a
banker to insure the payment of the
debts of another banker is to impose
upon him an obligation against his
will, which would be manifestly un-
just.-Denver Republican.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-18

and in detail has shown it's capacity to
govern. By the homestead law, with
equal generosity and wisdom, it distri-
buted the immense national domain
among the citizens who were willing
to cultivate it and who have convert
ed wide stretches of wilderness into
smiling homes. 1t built the Pacific
railroad, which has bound the union
together from east to west and made
the States beyond the mountains among
our most loyal and prosperous COM
mOnwealth. 1t redeemed our paper cur
rency and made all our forms of money
exactly of equal value, and our credit
the best in the world. By persistent
honesty in our finances-in the face of
obstacles which might have daunted
the hardest statesmen-it has reduced
our interest charges so that in any
mart on earth we can borrow money
cheaper than any other people. We
have by the patient labor of years re-
formed and regulated our civil service,
so that patronage has almost ceased
to cast it's deadly blight upon the work
of our public servants.
Brilliant and Glorious Record.
It's record is but succession of bril-
liant and successful achievements
which have raised the nation to a
world power of the first rank and which
have vouchsafed to our people the max
imum of benefits with a minimum of
cost. Some things it has accomplished
may be mentioned here:
The homestead law passed by Re-
publican Congress and signed by Abra-
ham Lincoln.
The national banking laws, which
gave the people currency stable in
all parts of the country.
The system of internal revenue tax
alton by which approximately one-half
of the ordinary expenses of the gov
eminent have been raised from malt
and spirituous liquors, tobacco and
cigars.
The constitutional amendments,
which abolished slavery, created citi-
Zenship of the United States, as dis
tinguished from citizenship of the sew
eral states, and established equality Of
suffrage.
The Civil Rights act, which extended
to all persons the equal protection Of
the laws.
All existing laws for pensions to war
veterans.
The resumption of specie payments /;
the reduction of postage; the money
order system; the establishment of the
railway mail service.
Rural and city free delivery.
The. endowment of public schools,
agricultural colleges, ETC., by grants of
land from the public domain.
The establishment of the Circuit
Court of Appeals to relieve the Su-
preme Court and no longer require
litigahts to suffer delay of three ar
four years in securing a decision on
appeal.
The principle of reciprocity, by
which we reduce the duties on certain
imports from countries that offer cor
responding advantages to our exports,
and thus extend our foreign market.
Statehood for Kansas, Nebraska,
Nevada, Colorado, North and South
Dakota, Washington, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming and Oklahoma.
The Sherman antitrust act
The national bankruptcy law of
1867 and 1898, which relieved many
thousands of unfortunates and restor-
ed them to commercial or industrial
activity.
The establishment of the gold stand
ard which placed our monetary system
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
GOOD NEWS.
Many Smyrna Readers Have
Heard it and Profited
Thereby.

"Good news travels fast, - and
the thousands of bad back sufferers
in Smyrna are glad to learn that
prompt relief is within their reach.
Many lame, weak and aching back
is bad no more, thanks to Doan's
Kidney Pills. Many people are tell
ling the good news of their expert
ence with the Old Quaker Remedy.
Here is an example worth reading:
Walter W. Needles, living on High
street, Chetertown, Md, say: "My
experience with Doan's Kidney Pills
was satisfactory in every respect.
l can freely endorse them as my kid
neys were greatly strengthened by
their use. l was troubled with back
ache for long time, and my kid
neys were too frequent in action,
thus giving me great amount of
annoyance. Reading about DR.. Doan's
Kidney Pills | procured a box, took
them as directed and they gave me
relief from the first. The trouble fl
nally vanished and it gives me pleas
ure to state that l have not had re-
turn of it since. l cannot help rec
ommending Doan's Kidney Pills to
others suffering from the same
trouble.
For sale by all Dealers. Price
so cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, Sole Agents
in the United States.
Remember the name-Doan' S
and take no other.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
DON'T FIGHT THE WEATHER
Try the Plan of Being on Friendly
Terms With 1t.

What great misfortune this is. the
habit of considering the weather-Of
thinking that we must consider the
weather! 1t is largely due, is it not, to
clothes? No mention is made of rain
in the garden of Eden, but we must
not therefore contend that rain was
disa agreeable and omitted. We must
recollect that Adam and Eve did not
need to consider rain. Furthermore,
In blessed ignorance they did not know
that it was anything to be considered.
To mind the rain no more than the
May sunshine, but to plunge into it
and let the drops pelt rs they will. to
accept SHOW without thought of dis,
comfort, but. rather, to enjoy the
thronging presence of it; to pursue
ones daily stint regardless Of whether
the sky be dun or blue-this is a state
which we, especially of the cities, long
long have lost.
We regain it, some Of u.s. in the will
derness/ camp, where we hunt or fish
if the day be dark or if the day be
bright, and where we find that the
dash of the soft rain on ones face is
not death, after all; that wetness and
dryness are merely relative terms.
All the centuries of fussing and fun
ing with the weather have not affected
the weather one particle. 1t still rains
and SHOWS and sleets and blows, just
as dictated by circumstances. There
fore, what's the use? Are your puny
diatribes or mine of any greater pO-
tency than those of others gone be-
fore? Evidently not. Accordingly try
the plan of being friendly with the
weather. of agreeing with it instead of
fighting it, and, 'pOn my word, pres
emily it will be agreeing with YOU
E. L. Sabin in Lippincott's.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16

The examining board of the State
Medical Society of Delaware met in
Dover Wednesday to examine candi-
dates desiring to practice in this
State. Four applicants were
examined and approved as follows :
Samuel G. Knight, Kincardine, Bruce
county, Ontario, Canada, graduate
of Toronto University; Taleasin H.
Davis, Farhurst, Del, graduate of
University of Pennsylvania and of a
University in the South; Limaues H.
Price, Philadelphia, graduate OF
Jefferson Medical College; Thomas H.
Phillips, Wilmington, Del, graduate
of the University of Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
A Dangerous Operation

is the removal of an appendix by a
surgeon. No one who takes DR..
Kings New Life Pills is ever sub
jected to this frightful ordeal. They
work so quietly you don't feel them.
They cure constipation, headache, bill
iousness and malaria. 25c at Benton
N. Weldon's drug store.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16

Foleys Orino Laxative cures
chronic constipation and stimulates
the liver. Orino regulates the
bowels so they will act naturally and
you do not have to take purgatives
continuously. Sold by W. R. Keys
& Co., Clayton, Del. ; all druggists,
in Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
Guilty. Of cOunterieItlug

Passing counterfeit money is no
worse than substituting some uri-
known worthless remedy for Foley $
Honey and Tar, the great cough ard
cold remedy that cures the most OBJ
stinate cough and heals the lungs.
Sold by W. R. Keys & Co., Clayton
and all druggists, Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
The 4orologioal Revenge.

They were looking over their we'd
ding presents. He pointed to a small
bronze clock. Seems to me-" he said,
that have seen that before"
You have" she returned serenely.
"You gave IL to my first husband and
me for wedding present. When we
divided the things after the divorce he
kept the clock, and now he is sending
1t back to us"-New York Press.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16

More people are taking Foley's
Kidney remedy every year. 1t is con-
sidered to be the most effective rene
dy for kidney and bladder trouble that
medical science can devise, Foley's
Kidney remedy corrects Irregularities,
builds up worn out tissues and re-
stores lost vitality. 1t will make
you feel we'll and look well. Sold by
w. R. Keys & Co., Clayton and all
druggists in Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
Kinnikinic.

1--WE ran out Of tobacco while fishing
in the Canadian wilds," said a club
man. "Our guides put us on to kinni-
kinic, and we smoked, that for ten
days. 1t wasn't bad.
"Kinnikinic is the inner bark of the
red willow. You dry it. then you cut
it up. 1t really tastes like tobacco
The Indians always use it when they
can't get the real thing. and l under
stand that there are certain brands Of
Canadian tobacco that are favored
with kinnikinic. ."-Washington Times.
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
Word Eaintinu.

Jimmy (readingl-"Casey swatted de
leather into left garden fer a brace Of
sacks an den pilfered thoid base an
dented de pan on Mullegan's lallipa-
loosa, dat sailed over Outfielder
Shaugnessy's nut" l tell yer. Willie,
dat's word paintin'. dat is! Shake
speare never could beat dat!-Ex-
change
Smyrna times., 1908-12-16
sharp and Blunt.

Cora-She has such keen perceptions.
Dora-And such a blunt way Of con-
veyirg them.-Puck.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-16
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT CRED.
.ITORS.

The State of Mississippi.
To Electric Supply Company, whose
residence and postoffice is New Or
leans, La.
Calendar and Advertising Novelty
Company, whose residence and post
office is New Orleans, La.
The Fairbanks Company, whose res
idence and postoffice is New Orleans,
La.
N. o. Nelson Mfg. Company, whose
residence and postoffice is St. Louis,
Mo.
Cahill-Swift Mfg: Company, whose
residence and postoffice is st. Louis,
Mo.
Chas Palacheck Bros. Company,
whose residence and postoffice is Mil
waukee, Wis.
WOLVERINE Brass Works, whose res
idence and postoffice is Grand Rapids,
Mich
Chattanooga Sewer Pipe Company,
whose residence and poStoHlce is Cnat-
tanooga, Tenn.
And to all other creditors of the San
itary Plumbing Company.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of Forrest
County, Mississippi, on the first Mon.
day of December, A. D. 1908, to de-
fend the suit in said court of j. s.
Lea, assignee of the Sanitary Plumb
ing Company wherein you are de
PENDANTS.
Given under my hand and seal this
the 23 day of June, A. d. 1908.
T. E. BATsoN,
June 24-3w Chancery Clerk