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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record says: "Op-
timism runs In the veins of the aver
age American: but now and then his
liver clogs. and blue funk seizes him.
II Is not enough 90 tell him that all
Is well-that the robins are here. that
the grass Is getting green. that the
tariff bugaboo will soon dry up and
blow away and that billion-bushel
bumpers I'm the shape Of 1909 crops
must be looked after. II Is not
enough 20 tell him these things. for
he Is going TO grunt and croak till
he just naturally gets through his
grunting and croaking."
The Memphis CommercialAppeal
says: Corporations do have souls.
as was shown years ago in Galveston.
when great railroad managers gave
their personal directions TO sending re-
lief trains there. The same spirit ex-
listed az San Francisco. +. II. HarTi-
man personally directed that all the
resources OF his railroads should be
taxed to their utmost for the relief
of that stricken city. Might we not. in
dealing with corporations. remember
that they are human chat is. they are
managed by human agenciesD, just as
we are, and get it out of our minds
that their managers are seeking, al
ways, to Cypress and TO rob those with
whom they do business?"
The Springfield Republican says:
Through Mr.. Bryan's personal infiu-
ence the lower branch of the Ne
braska Legislature has rejected a bill
the State University Of Ne
braska TO secure pensions for its pro-
fessOrs from Mr.. Carnegie's pension
fund. Il is decidedly uncertain. how
ever. whether that honorable body will
stay hitched where Mr.. Bryan seems
to have left IL. The yearnings for Mr..
Carnegie's pensions is evidently IRE
pressible. and even the State UNIVERSE
lies. which ought TO be supported ex-
clusively by public funds, so far at
east as salaries and pensions for |
teachers are concerned, clamOr for a |
place in the line. And grand old Mas
sachusetts led the way!"
The Washington Herald says: "Pis-
.ol laws are seldom effective because
hey do not strike at the source. They
10 not make the acquisition of wea-
IONS sufficiently difficult. They men
zee the unlawful pistol bearer with pen
Ilties that usually can not be imposed
Until after a crime has been commit
ed. the punishment OF which Is In
lnitely greater. Every community to-
lay needs a pistol law that will com
'el the man who thinks he wants a
gun to so to some trouble and be
objected to some delay and a heavier
xpense than at present In order TO
rm himself Until Pittsburg provides
Lsef with such a law IL will continue
D suffer from crimes Of violence,
IL prohibits the sale and use
{ silence devices OF not"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Il Is said that x-Vice-President
Fairbanks may succeed Ambassador
Reid az the British court. Il will
require a man with a purse equal
TO that OF Fairbanks 20 keep the
pace set by Mr.. Reid. the wealthiest
and most prodigal OF all American
Ambassadors. There are very few
candidates now for ambassadorial pO-
sitions-at least few In comparison
with the number that were In the
habit OF applying fifteen or twenty
years ago. The reason given Is that
the rich men who formerly applied
for and secured these positions have
been hard hit by the panic and that
the cost OF living abroad In ambas-
sadOrial style has greatly increased.
Mr. Fairbanks Is we'll equipped In
manners means and mien for the
place so long held by Mr.. Reid. He
has not had ambassadOrial eXpe-
rience In Paris. as Mr. Reid has, and
does not speak French, but speaks
the most widely used Of an languages
and his long experience In Washing
ton as Senator and Vice-President
and his social career in which Mrs
Fairbanks has borne a brilliant part
viii peculiarly ht him 20 dispense
money and courtesics az the Court Of
Saint James.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Il Is. Of course. possible 10 be too
sensitive over picture post cards that
may seem 20 reflect upon any one ma
uonality. All the same a due regard
Tor the reasonable feelings OF others
ought always 10 prevail. and make Inn
possible the offensive caricatures
sometimes seen.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
PRESIDENCY or UNIVERSITY.

The Pensacola News OF recent date
has n heart % heart talk" with the
Board Of Control OF the higher educa
tional institutions Of the State. In
which Il makes a very earnest plea In
behalf Of President a. A. Murphrcc.
OF the Florida Female College. az Tai.
lahassee as the proper man % be
elected president OF the State Uni
vcrsity az the meeting OF the board I'm
the near future. Prof Murphree is
fortunate I'm his champion, for The
News goes deliberately into the case
and files a strong brief I'm behalf Of
the Tallahassee educator. But what
about DR. Sledd. now president OF the
University? Does he want TO retire.
or Is he not giving satisfaction? n
the newspapers are To discuss this
question let his side OF the case be
heard The interests of the University
are. Of course. paramount In select.
ing a president the controlling motive
should be TO get the man who can
be most effective In developing the
school into a great University where
the youth OF Florida shall throng by
hundreds every year to get higher
education equal to the best to be had
I'm other States. and in arousing the
pride OF the people OF Florida in its
behalf to the end that IL may secure
an ample patronage representative Of
all parts of the State. But adequate
scholarship and learning should go
with executive ability. and these two
in combination should control the stu
alton regardless OF personal prejudice
or preference in favor OF any particu-
lar individual. Il is a matter Of large
importance 10 the educational inter
ests Of Florida to have the right man
at the head Of the State University.
for he who occupies that position is
sure to impress his individuality upon
the school either beneficialIy or other
wise. as Is clearly shown by every |
prominent institution Of learning I'm |
America. We have heard no com.
plant or criticism OF the president OF
the University OF Florida, but the
article in The Pensacola News Is like
~ 20 arouse discussion as TO his sue
cessOr, and the importance OF the mat
ter can hardly be Overrated.-Llve
Oak Democrat.
The Sun regrets to say that the gen
sral sentiment OF the people OF Gaines
Vile is that DR.. Sledd Is not the right
nan for the head Of the State Uni
Tersity. And this sentiment is not
to Gainesville; the editor has
heard the same sentiment expressed
BY leading citizens from every section
IF the State.
Personally, DR.. Sledd is a fine gentle
nan. and is universally esteemed for
IFS noble traits OF character. but he
las signally failed TO make Of the
University what was and Is expected
4 H. Possibly the people expect too
much. but they are at least entitled 20
'etter results than have so far been
obtained.
The Pensacola News has correctly
tated the situation: A man IL need
d az the head Of the University who
las demonstrated his ability to do
hings" DIR. Murphree is such a man.
nd II he can be prevailed upon 20
axe the presidency Of the University .
he Board OF Control should lose no
ime In calling him TO the chair
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

An effort will be made at the com
Ing session Of the Legislature TO per
NIT the killing OF quail In Alachua
and Putnam counties three days In
me week during the entire year
Really. We doubt II the party desiring
such legislation will be able 10 get
member Of the Legislature TO intro
duce his bill.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

What a blessing work Is. n a. the
pauacca for discomfort and poverty
The sense of work well done and of its
contribution 90 thc wellbeiug Of so
ciety also brings a satisfaction and ioy
that the iudolent and selfindulgoHt
man can never know.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Notice a hereby ElVon that -four weeks a..
Ger the hnt publication hereof. 4 a. 0uaEdlan
% George Patterson, = minor. wlN nuIlF 10
for an order % seil Tot one. McCgmOlla nIaI
OF the City OF 0aireEyillc. EloTida. fOT ne IuI.
poe oi paying debt % the CITY Of 9aineslLI0.
minor \. "A. JACKSON.
siaTch o. iaoa Guardian OF Geo. Pattsl.on.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

A large number Of people are nam
hg their babies William Howard Taft
nowadays. This Is all right. of course.
even II the present day supply Of adult
Grover Clevelands is not everything
q might be.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
Our Clubbing List.

me Sun and The Thrice-a-Week
IN. W World one year. ..... .$1.65
me Sun and The Atlanta (Ga.)
Weekly Constitution one year. LIS
ne Sun and The Atlanta (Ga.)
0emI-Weekly Journal one year 1.5O
me Sun and The Semi-Weekly
Times Union one year ..... 1.5O
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

The Galveston form OF government
~ commission Is being urged In Pen.
saeola by many, and inasmuch as the
citizens OF that city are DESTROYS OF
. change OF some character than tho
present unsatisfactory manner Of
electing officers Il Is probable that
an enort will be made 20 have the
legislature amend their charter so
a. 10 provide for a commission.
The editor Of The sun will soon
iea'e for Tallahassee 90 attend to
ms duties as State Senator from the
'lir'y-second district. aud De will be-
pleased 30 hear from any Of his con.
su'uents relative 90 such legislation
- 'hey think should De- enacted or
'.peaied. Don't wait until near the
s.l1e Of the session to communicate
~ him, but DO "a nov today
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
the DAILY SUN.

FOR club OF I'VE Told eubscrioofsl
one-yeaT subscriptions (bef0re April 4.
1909 $4,000 votes.
For q club Of Eve (neW subscribeTsh
one-year subscriptions (befOro April
1. 1907 $4,000 votes.
For club Of ten Gold subscribers) SIX.
months subscriptions (bof0re April 4.
1907 $4,000 votes.
For q club OF ten (new subscrIborsD
six-mOnths' subscriptions (bof0ro April
1. 1907 $4,000 votes.
There Is no limit 90 the number %
clubs each contestant may secure.
THE SEMl.WEEkLV SUN.
1l.OO .................... 900 VOtog
Yer a club OF ave One-year
subscriptions .........4 1900 votes
There % no limit % the number ~
clubs each contestant may secure.
soliciting votes By candidates o.
friends within the stores dlstributInn
votes ls undeslrsd By the proprIetora.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

The Lakeland News says the only
sensible thing TO do is to bring our
Presidents-elect to Florida to inaugu-
rate them. where March weather is
Just right for such Open-air functions.
Good idea.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Hon. II. Clay Crawford, Secretary
OF State, has been elected Grand
Chancellor Of the Knights OF Pythias
for the Jurisdiction Of Florida. The
Grand Lodge has thus honored itself
n hOnOring Mr.. Crawford.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

The loving cup presented to Mr..
Foraker by his colOred sympathizers
IN the Brownsville case must seem a
poor compensation for all he lost by
his advocacy Of that case.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

County division is going to demand
the attention of the Legislature to a
greater extent at the coming session
than II has since the adoption OF the
constitution In 1885.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

people want 90 De- rrm.uh.. a
aft. .a'h The way to De- sure o'
this ." ~ Uviur anrrrIa.nr.lr Zoo th.
mel ~. of Others rs by SAVING n.i 1a.
ing while alive Tho um who
does r. U1r De- said never to d..
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

The difference between a man and
a woman Is that she can be right with
out a reason and he can be- wrong with
one
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

A man who gets to be a Presidents
private secretary may be regarded as
having a good position for life.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
Advertising Rates:

local advertisements, rs cents a
me for the first and 10 cents for each
additional insertion.
display advertisements for three,
ar and twelve months az special rates.
Prices furnished upon application.
Marriage and Death notices inserted
free. Obituaries, 5 cents a line.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Before a great while now there will
not be anything to get excited about
except baseball.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Seventy per cent Of the Government
expenditures are for military outlay.
past present or future. Can any other
nation on a peace footing beat IL?
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

80 We win not accept stamps Of
d larger denomination than 2 cents.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

Absence in Africa will make the
heart grow fonder.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

March -3. the date of douartur. f.r
Africa, viii in future De- celebrated
skiio0 Day
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
THE BUSH & SAT-
FORD PIANO
CONTEST

q NNE.NMMNM
County Will be Awarded q Beautiful
Howard Piano, and 90 certiHeates Val.
ued a S3,t5O.OO Furnished bv The
Bush a Sanford Plano Co, Sole Rsprs-
sentatiVes Of The r. 8. Howard CO. 81
Miami, the Contest % be Conducted By
The SUN In Behalf Of Bush q Sat-
ford.
ss,ssoOo.
One $4,000 Howard Piano win be
given 10 the person residing IN the
County Of Alachua who receives TIE
highest number OF votes between De-
cember 18th, 1908, and 10 D. m. Apru
18th, 1909.
ADDITIONAL GIFTS.
In addition 20 the Piano there win
be issued by The Bush q Stafford n
ano Co, on a new $500 Howard Plans.
eighteen transferable Due Bills, sane
20 be used as q first or initial pay.
ment on a new Howard Piano. These
due bills win be given On this vOtinn
contest rs follows, 20 persons residing
In AlachUa County:
To the first ak receiving the next 10
tho highest vote. q due bin for eacA
To the second SIX receiving the nexf
highest vote. a due BIN Cor each for
TO the next SIX receiving the usxt
highest vote. q due bin Tor each Tor
$4,000.
These due bills may be used By ne
winners or can be disposed Of % any
one for any value they may see a.
and win be worth their face valne
upon the purchase Of one Of these new
pianos.
In the event OF a tie Cor any prI.a
offered, q prize similar an an respects
thereto VIII be given each of those
tieing.
How and Where % Get Votes.
The following merchants win give
one vote for every cent paid into their
handle:
The Gainesville Hardware CO.
Phifer Bros.
Hyde q Teneh.
Where Votes May be Cast
Ballot boxes win be found IN the e.
adjustments OF the merchants giTlnR
votes and &C The Sun ONCE. Votes
sent by mail must be directed 60 TIE
Voting Contest Department Of Tha
N~~s 0@AAooNAAAos AAolA0A.
Rules and Regulations.
The contest n open % anyona
living In Alachua county who Is known
BY the conductors Of the contest o.
'Ouched for by some reputable person.
% them well known.
2. No employee. attachee or Fula.
i've Of the proprietors % the above
famed nrms are eligible % participates
n this contest and win taFtiCipate in
10 manner.
3. In the event Of q misunderstand-
ne between candidates or others in>
crested In this contest. such contro-
lersy may be referred % the con-
luctOrs Of contest, who alone are the
'ersons qualified % reader decisions.
4. In the event q candidate docidea
o withdraw from the race, such candl
ate viii not be allowed % transfer
otes % the credit Of another candb
ate In the contest
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

uvbllshsd Every Monday and Thursday
a GAINESVILLE, Florida.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

\. y. wcREARV, Editor and Niger.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
GAINESVILLE
Chr " @nlt

..,.red December 81. 1909. at Gaines
.,Jie Fla. as second-class matter.
,nSer Act OF Congress OF March 3,
1879.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18
Terms Of Subscription.

The Twice-a-Week Sun 81 year;
a: months, Soc; single copies, SC.
aa--aa-f-. n.s..s
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-18

One $4,000 Howard Piano win be
given TO the person residing IN the
County Of Alachua who receives fha
highest number OF votes between De-
cember 18th, 1908, and 10 D. m. AprlI
18th, 1909.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28
NEEDED IN WORK OF WORLD
Increasing Use Of Electricity Han
Made Copper Most Indispensable
Of Metals.

In this almost universal age of
electricity copper has become one
of the most indispensable of the
metals. If civilization to-day were
confronted with the ultimatum,
Give up your gold or give up your
"copper"" probably the worlds gold
mines would be deserted in prefer
ence.
Last year the production Of cop
per in the United States exceeded
by far that of any other year in the
history of the metal. The years
totals as compiled by the geological
survey was 942, 51O,7 2 pounds. In
tins production Arizona territory led
with 2S9, ,s67 pounds; Michigan
with 252, 5O3,651 pounds and Mas
%saehusetts with 222, 5O3,651 pounds.
As against this production of the
refined metal, the apparent con-
sumption was 479,955,318 pounds.
From returns made by the smelling
and refining companies the stocks Of
refined copper on January l, 1909,
showed a decrease of 3,s69,O37
pounds over the stocks Of January
l, 1908.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28
WANTED A REBATE.

A woman came into the office Of
one Of the telephone companies the
other day to say a few things, says
the Kansas City Star. In the first
place she said she didn't intend to
settle her last telephone bill, at least
not in full. She hadn't even been
able to get full use of the phone and
she felt that she was entitled to
some rebate. Lime been out Of or
der?' asked the man behind the
counter. mo" tn woman replied.
''Worse than that. My grocer has
had his phone taken out and that
was the main thing l wanted mine
for, so | could order our groceries
by phone. You don't expect me to
pay for a telephone that I'm not
getting any good out of, do your"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28
VOLUMES REALLY IN DEMAND
Let Some Publisher Get Out a List Of
Books intended to Be Given
Away.

A fve-foot shelf of books very
frequently does represent a wide
and lofty culture-for the friends
Of the owner of the shelf. To be the
owner Of only five feet Of books
means only too often that the other
Is or 20 feet are in the parceled
possession of people who wanted a
particular volume merely for a day
or two OF for a tedious railway trip
or only to read to a sick friend.
Lists have been drawn up Of the
hundred best books and the hun
dred worst books. But neither Sir
John Lubbock nor Lord Acton nor
DR.. Eliot has met the point. The
hundred best books are the books
our friends lug away or send back
with fngermarks on the margin.
The hundred worst books are the
books they leave us. We say this
with all due consciousness of the
fact that humanity shows itself at
its very lowest in the man who locks
his bookcase and makes it a prin-
ciple not to lend. Some golden
mean must be found between being
misery and being ruined. Might
not some enterprising published put
on the market a library Of a hun
dred selected books intended exclu-
siyely for being given away?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28

The fact that the Kansas City
Post has started a discussion of
the ACCESSIBILITY of a Democratic
conference has prompted a st.
Louis paper of a similar name to
butt in" with a series of de-
mands and insulting suggestions.
The Democrat does believe good,
sincere, earnest Democrats who
wish success should get together
and discuss party matters and
policies wherever and whenever
possible. In such discussions,
misunderstanding are mended,
animosities forgotten, and true
party spirit revived and
strengthened. Such confer
ences properly conducted also
diminish the influence of mar
plots and trouble breeders with
in and without the party. In a
united party, the demagogue
who would disrupt, the guerrilla
newspaper that would bring
about factional strife, find their
occupation gone. And the very
prospect of the Democratic
party Of Missouri healing up its
differences and redeeming the
State, arouses their vicious
frenzy Henry County Demo
crat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28
STURGEON FROM THE HUDSON.

A sturgeon weighing 800 pounds
was caught in the Hudson river off
Shad island at Albany recently.
There was a time when this fish was
so plentiful in the upper reaches of
the Hudson that it was familiarly
known as albany beef"
Through lack Of proper protection
the sturgeon was turned away from
its spawning grounds. To-day this
fish, thanks to the alertness of the
forest, fish and game commissioner.
is being permitted TO make its
spring pilgrimage for the purpose OF
propagating its kind. In time folk
hereabout may again be able to Sc
cure a plentiful supply of albany
beef in season for moderate prices.
Troy Record.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28
A Tale That is Told.

The opening of three Indian
reservations in the West and
the parceling of their share of
the public lands to the Indians
marks almost the last milestone
In the conquest of the savage.
The Indian becomes a home
steader. He takes his place
side by side with the white
farmer and rancher. He has
long since ceased to roam in the
old nOmadic way. He confines
himself to periodical visits to
the towns and cities of the
whites, where he looks with
curious eyes upon the pulling
novelties of civilization. He
discards the blanket for trousers
and galluses. His daughter,
gowned in innocent white,
marches under evening shadows
to the far-echoing toll of the
vesper bell, a mingling figure in
the silent vesper professional.
His son is a cornetist in the
reservation brass band. Thus
the former warrior lives and
dies, the last vestige of a dissolv-
ing race. Here and there
throughout the West still re
main remnants of tribal life,
pitiful figures that lag super
fiuous upon a stage once swell
ing with the pomp of paint and
feathers and nightmared with
the holocaust of blood. tits not
a far call from Fenimore
Cooper's Chingachgook to Char
lot, the chief of the Flatheads.
One was the warrior of a dying
race on Atlantic shores, the
other is the aged patriarch of
the last of the red mans power
on the Pacific. Chariot has all
the savage romanticism with
which Cooper's glowing pen en-
dowed the character of his hero.
He has always insisted that his
name was forged to the treaty
negotiated by James A. Garfield,
then chairman of an Indian Com
mission, whereby the Flatheads
were dispossessed of their
camping grounds in the Bitter
Root Valley. Political injustice
it was that fomented the war,
eliminating in the battle of the
Big Hole historically known as
the march of Chief Joseph. The
policy of the Government which
turned these wards over to the
care of political carpet baggers
reacted upon innocent heads and
left a CHASTITY trail.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-28
WILD STRAWBERRIES
sidewalk.

Everybody complains that tame
Strawberries never have the flavor of
the wild ones. 1t is a good thing
they don't have, for the wild berries
when served by the dishful are too
rich for any s To be enjoyed,
wild strawberries must be eaten one
at a time in the woods, with a
pretty girl nearby and a thrush sing
ing overhead and the jiggers get
ting in their work on your ankles.
The Lord knew what he was about
when he ordained that berries should
deteriorate in flavor as they in
creased in size.-Newark IN. J.)
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