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Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
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tbo nrogress of cotton to the consumer. Every
wear cotton goods to the value of nearly SIX
billion dollars are turned out from the 125OOO,-
OOO snindles in the world. But the poor farm
or in the cotton-helds sees but a pitiful part
of the multiplying fortunes attending the mi
grafton of cotton goods around the earth. The
southerner sells raw cotton TO Japan, and the
mills at Osaka turn out products that outsell
our goods in Shanghai and Canton; and the
Japanese cotton-manufacturer, travelling in
state TO America. may wonder wherein the
half-fed southern farmer-a vassal tenant-fol-
vanced in civilization over the only recently
awakened pagan of the east.
The ordinary grower of cotton cultlvates 20
acres, producing one-half a bale to the acre.
Unfortunately in too great majority of cases
he is tenant farmer. Of his ten bales, the
result of his years toll, five must go to the
owner of the land The working farmer for
his product, gets, we will say, ten cents a
pound or $50 a BALE his IL months of effort
and expense bringing him in gross revenue
of $3.50. This is an Insignificant total for the
man who among others produces the commod-
ity that controls the world.
Out of that $3.50 he must provide for his fam.
lily, himself and his mule, and make provision
for the ensuing times of planting and cultvat
ing. Fully 60 per cent. of Americas cotton is
produced by this struggling method. Up to
1903, when the great movement in cotton
prices blessed the southern industry with the
transforming CLEAN of prosperity 90 per cent
of our cotton crop was harvested in this same
hopeless way.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
WHAT rs PAINT?

The paint on house is the extreme
outside Of the house. The wood is
simply structural under layer. That
is as it should be. Unprotected wood
will not we'll withstand weather. But
paint made of pure white lead and
linseed oil is an invulnerable armor
against sun and rain, heat and cold.
Such paint protects and preserves,
fortifying the perishable wood with
complete metallic casing.
And the outside Of the house is the
looks of the house. A well-construct-
ed building may be greatly depre-
ciated by lack of painting or by poor
painting.
National Lead Company have made
it possible for every building owner
to be absolutely sure of pure white
lead paint before applying. They do
this by putting upon every package
Of their white lead their Dutch Boy
Painter trademark. That trademark
is a complete guarantee.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
Women in Postal Service.

The distinction of first appointing a
woman postmaster does not belong to
America, nor is the employment OF
women in the postal service a new
idea. AS early as 1913 woman post
master was appointed to look after
the mails of Braine lie Comte, an inn
portant town Of France. In the try
ing times of the Thirty Years war,
the principal office in the postal serv-
ice OF Europe was held by woman.
Alexandrine de Rue. From 1923 to
1916 she was in charge of the mails
Of the German empire, the Neither
lands, Burgundy and Lorraine. She
was known as master general Of the
mails. In America, Elizabeth Harvey
was the first to hold a place in the
postal department. She had charge
of the letters in Portsmouth, N. H., in
the beginning Of the seventeenth cen
fury. A half century afterward Lydia
Hill was placed in charge of the post
Office in Salem, Mass.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
CUTICURA CURED HIM.
Eczema Came on Legs and AnkIes-
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
OF Bad Scaling and Itching.

81 have been successfully cured Of
dry eczema. / was inspecting the re-
moval of noxious weeds from the edge
of a river and was constantly in the
dust from the weeds. At night
cleansed my limbs but felt prickly
sensation. I paid no attention to 1t
for two years but / noticed scum
on my legs like fish scales. did not
attend to it until it came to be too
itchy and sore and began getting two
running sores. My ankles were all
sore and scabby and could not wear
shoes. l had to use carpet and felt
slippers for weeks. I got a cake Of
the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment In less than ten days l
could put on my boots and in less than
three weeks l was free from the con-
founded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss.
Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar.
20, 1907, and Sept. "a, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
YIS-
S@/r/r//VG- ROOM OEA

Iy: and this sovereignty of cotton in America
I believe to be at hand
We shall awake to our new destiny as
world.power and trading nation when re-
alize fully that the southern section of our
republic is virtually the exclusive source of
commodity absolutely indispensable to the
myrads of mankind from New York to Shang-
hal. from Nome to Montevideo. from London
to the Cape Less than one and quarter mil
lion Americans in IA states of this union, hold
in their hands the comfort the luxury, the des-
tiny of mankind.
An enormous profit is made somewhere In
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
COTTON~ MILL

upholstering o f h l s
chairs. If he takes a ride
on the Flying Limited 1t
is cotton waste in the
wheel-boXes. through
which lubricating-oil is
fed to the running-gear,
that insures a continu-
Gus trip. This is an cleo
trical age, but without
cotton insulation on the
wires the might of cleo
tricity would be a men
ace.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09

GOVERNMENT HOMESTEADS

One and one-half million acres OF
farming and grazing land will be
opened for settlement in the Chey-
enne River and Standing Rock Indian
Reservation October 4th to Odd Fast
daily through trains direct to Pierre
and Aberdeen, S. D., the registration
points, via the Chicago e North West.
ern Ry. Write for descriptive pamph.
lets giving maps and full particulars
to w. b. Kniskern, p. r. NJ, G. & n.
w. Ry., Chicago. Ill.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
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: Tr.OICI9L COTTOMDICX/hyG cscEV&.x -

tured goods back to the
Americans who produce the
raw supply. Switzerland,
for example. which grows
no cotton, whose mountains
yield no coal for it's fac
tories, a country that has
not an inch of seacoast or a
plank atioat, sends to us, in
the ships of other nations.
more finished cotton goods
than we export to all the
countries of continental Eu-
rope combined.
Americas future, when
she realizes her heritage
and opportunity in cotton,
will eclipse anything that
has been foretold for this
republic. 1t is only within
the last hundred years that
cotton has conquered the
world. The career Of this
plant has scarcely begun
The remarkable pace in it!
progress to power is re
vealed by the quaint fac
that in 1884 eight bags O
American cot ton wer,
seized by the customs au
thorities at Liverpool, tn,
sage British verdict beini
that the importation wa
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09

produced the garments that we by our toll in
the south enable Europe and Japan to manu-
facture, we would possess almost an exclusive
supply of the cloth and clothing already need
ed by at least one-haif of the human race.
Men cannot, If they would again depend for
their clothing upon the skins of wild animals.
These beasts have practically vanished. Nor
is there enough wilderness on the globe to
furnish a range for the rearing of sufficient
animals to provide garments of skins for man
kind The world of men and Mom-
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
Not Qualified for the Job.

Father Gmpressively)-"M son, l
want you to be very attentive to your
new teacher. who is a man of wide
teach you everything you need to
know" Small Boy (derisively)-"He :?
He don't know nothin'! Why, he
can't even tell who's pitchin' in the
league teams"
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
A SiQn of II.

"The airship manufacturer over the
way must be making money"
"Why?"
Il notice he and his family are
flying very high"
When a girl orders flowers sent
home it's a sign that she expects the
neighbors to think some man sent
them.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09

IERICAN cotton-plant'
ers, proprietors OF the
greatest gold-producing
staple in the world, are
poor. They are in prac-
teal servitude. It is a
tragedy of contemporary
life that they who pro-
duce for the world the
co m III odity without
which modern civiliza-
ton and industrial life
could not proceed are
themselves absolutely
subservient and the
poorest paid toilers in
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09
SINGULAR and Plural.

Whenever she gets to thinking how
much they're in debt it affects her
nerves" Huh! the way it affects
her husband is singular" How sim
gular?" "Just singular, it affects his
nerve He tried to borrow hundred
from me to-day."-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09

kind. The world OF men and wom-
en- is clothed to-day as never be-
fore. 1t is only within the last CEN
fury, with cotton within the reach
Of the multitude, that the majority
have been adequately clothed. The
heroes of the revolution were half
clad and that half was rags.
And it is one of the interesting
ironies of history that during that
period, when the problem of clothes
was supreme, both in America and
abroad, Richard Arkwright, who
invented the spinning-frame, and
James Hargreaves, who invented
the spinning jenny, creations which
were to change the history OF the
race, had their machines destroyed
by the enraged and half-clad popu-
lace, who feared the competition of
these labor-saving devices.
We smile at the short-sighted fol-
ly of that day, and yet the prog
ress in the use and manufacture Of
cotton will be as tremendous in the
coming years as in the past. There
is an actual kingship for cotton,
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-10-09

Woman thinks she will be mans SUI
perior when she gets her rights.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
LUNA PARK OPENS WITH FUN
Summer Resort Presents Gay Scene
to Visitors.
Despite Chilly Weather, Hundred,
OF WashinEtonians journey to
Virginia for Evening.

L was opening night at Luna Park
last night and the bellies and beaux Of
Washington intermingled with those Of
Alexandria in making it a gala event
The chilly atmosphere had q slight tend
ency 10 cool the ardOr of a number o.
p!easure-seekers. but a goodIy number
turned out and made merry, guyine the
barkers and asking impertiuent questions
OF the diminutive Filipinos that occupied
the regions OF the side show. while the
younger element amused themselves on
the carOusels.
The roller-coaster, with its numerous
windings around the dark recesses OF the
tree tops, We'd with the dark. dreamy
surroundings Of Ye Old Mil for popu-
lsrity among a certain number OF pleas
ure-seekers.
The older attractions are still flourish
ing There was q steady stream OF boats
going up and down the Chute, whose
occupants screams could be heard all
over the park, at times drowning the
strains OF the band, OF interrupting the
performance on the vaudeville pavilion.
but the auditors at neither place seemed
to mind It IN the least
Everybody was out for q good time
and the actions OF others did not mar
theirs in the least And every one did
have a Jolly time
The entire park has been redecoratei
and repainted. and with the number of
new innovations inauglIrated this season.
such as the free admission 20 the grounds,
It VIII prove IS popular this year as II
has IN the past
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
HOW MANY EXTRA
VOTES HAVE YOU?
Don't Be Content With a Few-Keep
Right After Them.
EXTRA VOTE PERIOD ENDING
You Can Do Wonders in This Last Week, If You
viii Only Work.
IRA VOTE PERIOD ENDING

How many Extra Votes have you re-
ceived since this Special Period was IN
augurated? Not as many as you should
have. we know, but you stiI have week
IN which 90 get them SiIty-seven thou
sand FIVE hundred votes, with the extra
1900. would make a big difference IN the
number OF your votes. no matter how
many you may already have There is
70 way OF telling when you have enough
The only safe way 10 do Is 10 keep right
on getting the subscriptions until the
close Of the contest. This wiz be on
July 3. and you can't 90 enough II that
tine 20 hurt you. on the contrary. you
VIII profit so handsomely that instead OF
regrettias the tine you have spent. you
viii De proud OF the showing you have
made.
And you can make such an excellent
showing Il you VIII seize the opportunity
which this Special Vote period holds out
20 YOU And Il this period is 70 be sny
part OF a success az all, the contestants
vIU have 20 make L SO between now
and one week from today. for 50 far
practically nothing has been done One
would hardly know that extra votes were
being offered had We not advertised II so
extensively. 50 few are the subscriptions
that have been brought in
We should like 70 hear your answers
10 the query. What Is the use OF waiting
until the eleventh hour TO do anything?
We can't help but wonder why you have
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

been putting OF the hard work until the
end OF the period Everybody viii be
busy then. or should be. 50 that unless
you have been al work al the time
which you haven't this period has done
you TO good whatever.
II vou are interested on v n the Dis
trict prizes. what more will 4 require 20
make YOU get busy than the prospect Of
winning a Ss5) EsJey pianO2 This WIN be
your reward II YOU are first IN your dis
JTict- There have been eighteen OF them
purchased from the Sanders q Stayrnan
Co. one for each district. and the win
aerS of them viii have the satisfaction
% knowing that they have as good a
piano as can be purchased
However, you should set your mark
higher than a district prize. Work fo- q
Grand Prize, let the other fellow be
content with the district prize. Tell your
self that nothing but the very best viii
suit you. and then 60 out and work like
Turk 20 win one % the big prizes. II
you're content with little. that Is about
all you can expect 20 get. but II YOU are
accustomed 20 having the best OF every
thing, you won't be satisfied with any
thing else.
We're ready TO welcome you as soon
as you decide 20 enter the race. II you
are already in. then we want 10 encourage
You % 90 the very best you can That's
all any one can do. but nine out % ten
people underestimate their own ability
You never know for sure when YOU really
are doing your best. Just keep going
That's the secret OF success.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
JURORS DISMISSED
And TRIAL HALTED
Grand Larceny Case Must Be
Heard Again.
COURTS ORDER IS VIOLATED
One or More OF the Jurymen said
20 Have Talked Of the CRse-Frank
d. Elder and Wife Charged with
ApDrOpriatinK Property Belonging
to George ID. Carpenter and Wife.

The jury sworn n last Thursday 10
hear the trial Of Frank d. Elder and his
wife. Adreanas Pearl Elder. charged with
grand larceny. was yesterday summarily
dismissed by Justice Anderson in Crimi-
nal Court No, 2. before whom the testi-
mony was being taken
Il Is said the reason for the action Of
the court IS that one or more OF the
jurors was charged with disregarding the
courts Injunction against convsrsing
about the case
II Is known that one OF the Jurors was
taken into Justice Anderson's private Of
fee on the adjournment Of court What
transpired there was not learned
VIII Select New Jury.
New tslesmen viii be examined this
morning and a new jury chosen The
trial viii then be started again from the
beginning and the testimony already
taken viii be stricken from the record
Elder and his wife, according 10 the in
dictmenJ. boarded at the home Of George
d. Carpenter. I023 East Capitol street
and took from Carpenter and his wife q
large quantity OF wearing apparel table
linen. silverware. and household furnish
ings, with which they secretly departed
TIE Indictment says they used the stolen
material IN the fitting Up OF a house IN
Lisbon. ohio. where they were taken into
custody. They were brought back 70
Washington for trial
The Jury sworn n was composed OF
Henry B Sommerville, Joseph Bailey.
Charles A Fiske. Moses Pach. George r
Stiefel, Richard B. Price, William P.
NaughJon. C. 5. z. HaIler, John c.
COweu. William ?. Wall Arthur ".
Fairfax. and Anton ". Klein. The first
hearing was held last Thursday. when
adjournment was taken until yesterday.
The case had progressed until the noon
recess. when the men went out % lunch.
and had been resumed in the afternoon
Toward the close OF the afternoon ses-
sion. Attorney Campbell Darlington. for
Jhe defense. moved the case De taken
fICm the jury and a new jury be sworn
in In a conference which Mr. Caring
ton and Assistant United States Attorney
Perry had with Justice Anderson in re-
gard 10 the motion. Il is believed Mr.
Darlington declared 4 conversation had
been overheard which made il fnadvisable
Tor the present jury 10 continue with the
testimony and return a verdict
Jury Is Nystihed-
The jurors themselves were al q loss.
according 20 several Of them 10 know
what representation had been made con
CerEing their actions. They were ordered
20 return this morning, but VIII rot be
placed on the Elder case.
Tie attorneys table was piled high
with alleged stolen articles, on exhiDi-
ton. and the legal volumes were Up 70
their ears IN lace
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
CHANGE IN HOURS.

Representative Peters. OF Mas
sachuxettS. yesterday introduced
in the House by request a bill
designated by its author rs the
Daylight Savings" act
The bill provides that between
the hears of ? and , O'Clock in
the morning of each Of the first
four Sundays IN April of each
year there shall be n short hour
Of forty minutes duration; simi-
IarIy In September of each year
after 1909, between the hours of
. and o'clock on each Of the
arst four Sundays there shall be
an hour Of eighty minutes dura-
tfon.
These variations VIII have the
effect of allowing several hours
of daylight after each days work
for recreation Greenwich time
as used for the purposes OF navf-
cation and astronomy viii not be
affected by the proposed bill The
measure viii apply O1iy 10 the
United states, and viii take rf-
feet upon its passage
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
PHILIPPINE TARIFF PASSED.
House Readjusts Relations of Archi-
peIago with other Countries.


BY vote Of 12s 20 54 the House yes
terday passed the Philippine tariff bill
It revises the Philippines tariff and re-
adjusts the tariff relations OF the archi-
peIago with countries other than the
United States. The bill was designed 10
raise revenue. Among the articles placed
on the free list are petroleum and its
products. The bill also contains q pro-
vision imposing an export tax OF COM
modities shipped out OF the Philippines
Representative Macon. Of Arkansas.
threw a monkey wrench into the legis-
latiye wheels when the House met Be
fore the clerk had finished reading the
journal he made the point Of no quorum.
Representative Payne the Republican
leader. asked for a call. and two more
than a quorum responded
In the meantime Mr.. Latta. assistant
secretary to the President, who had two
messages 10 deliver 70 the House. was
kept waiting. He stood IN the rear OF
the hall Of the House exactly twenty-five
minutes. The messages related 20 Porto
Rico.
Upon the passage OF the Philippine
tariff bill, Mr.. Payne gave notice that on
Thursday he would call % for considera-
ton the bill introduced by Representative
Olmsted, OF Pennsylvania relating 70
conditions in the island Of Porto Rico.
The measure is along the lines recon-
merded by President Taft n his message.
Mr.. LarTfnaga. OF Porto Rico. in a
speech. outlined the conditions leading up
to the chaotic political and fiscal con-
dltions IN the island He criticised the
executive council on the ground that Il
Is not adequately representative OF the
people OF Porto Rico.
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. LarTins gas
speech the House. at 2.30 o'clock, ad-
1ourned untH ThursdzE
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25

Plans are far advanced for erecting the
building proposed as the headquarters OF
the Southern Commercial Congress or
TIE site Of Old St Matthews Church. at
the northeast corner Of Fifteenth and II
streets northwest A holding company
has been formed. which will 20 ahead
with the enterprise. erect the building.
and turn It over 20 the congress al some
time in the future when Il has completed
its endowment and IS ready for its per
manent work
The company. which viii Be incor-
porated under the laws OF Virginia within
a few days, viii have a capital stock OF
$4,000 with which It viii erect the build
ing, provide for its rental. and carry for
ward the enterprise as set forth above.
Schneider to Design Building.
7. F. Schneider. a prominent architect.
Is a member Of the corporation and will
design the building. Other members Of
the company are men affiliated with the
congress and the Washington committee
It IS understood that subscriptions 10 the
Southern Commercial Congress enterprise
have now reached volume which viii
not only enable the organization 20 nav
Tor the lot, bat 70 erect the building.
II IS considered better business policy
to make available a portion OF the Sub
scTiptions n the way suggested than 70
accumulate the funds until the entire
N.ooo,oo0 Of the endowment Is raised
The building enterprise VIII come far
inside OF the $50. 900 capital proposed. and
viii be sufficient TO start the headouar-
ters upon q permanent basis within a few
months The stock OF the building cor
porstOn VIII be a portion Of the larger
enterprise. and viii be merged n Il al
a later date
Only General Plans Formulated.
Plans for the proposed building have
not been considered as vet beyond their
general features The building uiI prob
ably be nine or ten stories high. A por-
ton OF Il VIII be set apart for the pur-
poses Of the Southern Commercial Con
gress.
The ground floors viii be occupied. Il
Is understood. BY trust company and
q newspaper Office Il IS probable that
The Washington Chamber oE Commerce
may have quarters in the building. and
the balance OF Il viii be put 10 general
rental purposes
The officers Of the company which IS
about 70 be Incorporated are. T F
Schneider, president; John ". Parker. Of
New orleans. first vice president: s. W.
Meek, second vice president; Alexander
Mcneil treasurer. and John II uolya-
secretary.
The other incorpOrators. about fftv IN
number, are prominent men oS Washing
ton and the Southern States, affiliated
with the Southern Commercial Congress.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-25
OVERCOME BY GAS.
Aged Woman Killed and Husband
Injured in Boarding House.


Gas escap ping from an open Jet IN their
room. at so Rhode Island avenue north
west. caused the death yesterday morn
ing Of Mrs. MoIlie Arniss. sixty-four
years old. and the serious injury of her
husband. Sylvanus Amlss. q shoemaker,
ssztv-eiEht. who was found IN an uncon-
scfous condition and removed 20 the
Freedmen's Hospital. The doctors believe
ne wiu recover. Coroner hewitt refused
TO issue a certificate regarding the death
OF Mrs. Amiss until ne can get a state
ment from her husband
1Ir. and Mrs Amiss occupied room IN
the house OF Anderson Belt for the last
seven months At 9 O'Clock yesterday
morning Mrs. Belt detected the odor Of gas
escaping from the front room. She be-
came alarmed. and ran to the frort door
ana called Policeman Williams, Of the
Eighth precinct.
The policeman forced the door open, and
found Mr. Amiss lying on the floor IN
his nightgown and Mrs. Amiss In bed.
Dr. NJ l. Boyd examined Mrs. Aniss and
pronounced her dead
AIr. Auliss came TO Washington from
Virginia about nine months ago. and OBJ
tained employment with II G ReinhaTt,
500 Sixth street northwest The death OF
Ms. Amiss Is believed By her neighbors
to have been accidental.