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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-24

Robert Toombs might have actually carried
out his threat to "call the roll of his slaves at
the foot of the monument on Bunker HILL"
Therefore, we must infer that to the mind
of this imaginative Cabinet officer, one of the
browning blessings of the triumph of the
North and all creation over the single-handed
South, was that Bob Toombs did not carry
out his awful threat.
In the first place. Toombs "never said it."
The story was campaign yarn invented by
a New England Senator and it belonged to
the same vintage as those Abolition lies about
bloodhounds, lacerated niggers, starved and
beaten slaves, enforced concubinage and other
Southern horrors and outrages. Toombs de-
MED the story until his tongue was tired, and
Stephens vouched for the denial. But all to
no purpose The yarn will live as long as
there are writer's and speakers who find it
profitable to tickle the palate of sectional
prejudice with appetizing lies. In the second
place, if Toombs had wanted to call the roll
of his slaves at the foot of the Bunker Hill
monument, in 1859 or 1860, what was there to
hinder him from doing it? 1t was in 1859
that he was alleged to have made the terrible
threat. That was about the time he boldly
walked into fremont Temple, Boston, and de-
livered his magnificent lecture on Slavery and
the Negro. w men he SUdUcu ulSUOI1C IdCC
which the Bostonese did not like, they Kissed
him. The leonine Georgian paused and quiet
ly remarked 'You are Kissing your own
cestors."
The late Maj. Wilkins, of Waynesboro, Ca
told me that he was attending college at Har-
ward when Toombs came to Boston to deliver
the lecture. He said that the poet Longfellow
was in the audience, and that after Toombs
had finished he, Wilkins, was In company
with Longfellow as the poet wendell his way
homeward. Maj Wilkins remembered that
Longfellow, referring to Toombs, depZ0red
has lack Of culture.
This reminds one of Carlyle's we'll known
adage that every one sees that which he brings
the capacity to see. The owl and the eagle,
scanning the same horizon, no doubt get diff
ferent Impressions of it, the capacity to see
being not the same in both birds.
Longfellow, in his way, was one of the most
cultured men of his times but Toombs in his
way, was no less so. He not only had genius
enough to have fired a brace of Hiawatha
poets, but in profound knowledge of law,
economies, the basic princi Piles of jurispru-
dence, of government and right administra-
ton, he could have made monkey out Of
Longfellow or any other New Highlander of
the generation following Webster.
And, as [ say, there was nothing in the
world to prevent Toombs, on the day before
his lecture, or the day after, from going to
Bunker Hill, or Breeds Hill-whichever it
is-and calling his roll of slaves
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-24
Is There a Lumber Trust i?

rs mere a LUMBER rust
have made inquiries concerning the Lumber
Trust. Some of these letters come from lum-
Der dealers, and some from other sources.
Was there ever a Tobacco Trust? The
Dukes and their allies bitterly denied the soft
impeachment Uncle Sam believed that there
was such trust, and thousands of dollars
we're spent in the effort to prove it.
Is there Standard Oil Trust? Admitted
ly, Standard Oil Company exists, but it's
lawyers,-men of eminent respectability,-
sonorously deny that the company is trust.
The honorable Standard, SO they say, well
comes competition, and treats its rivals with
distinguished consideration, and allows prices
to wobble up or down in obedience to the
grand law of Supply and Demand.
So it is with the Meat Trust they confess
nantly repudiate the insinuation that they
enjoy monopoly and fix prices.
So it was with the Lead Trust In the y.
S. Senate the virtuous statesmen who look
after the legislative interests of the trust,
went on record with angry denials of it's ex-
istence Other Senators, who happened to be
posted, brought in the evidence that the Lead
Trust is a deplorable actuality.
We are not surprised to learn that the Lum-
Der Trust enters a plea of not guilty. The
"Blind Tiger" seldom confesses, and the Su-
gar Trust declares that it is as innocent as a
newborn babe in the matter of those doctored
scales, those false wei ghts, the two sets of
books, and the stealage of the millions of dol
lars,-a portion of which they FASTENED to dis
gorge.
The man who does not know that in the
Northwest there is huge combine of lumber
men who own the timber supply, operate the
mills, control the output, and fix the price,
does not know, and could not be convinced,
that there is such thing as the Steel Trust.
The man who does not know that in the
South and Southwest the supply of timber
and the ownership of the big mills has
gone into the hands of few great combina-
tons of capital, does not know, and could not
be convinced, that there is a Beef Trust and
a Tobacco Trust.
When the lumber men held the recent con-
vention at Kansas City, Mo-, and resolved to
close down 1000 saw-mills, and keep them
idle, until the lessening supply and increas-
ing demand should enable the lumbermen to
get the prices they demanded, was that a
move to help the common laborers?
When the owners of the big plants 90 to
Washington, term after term, and besiege
Congress until they are given tariff duties
which shut out competition, who pockets the
millions thus legislated into the pockets of the
lumber men? Everybody can see for them
selves that the common laborers do not get it.
James Oliver, of 'chilled pillow" fame, died
the other day, leaving an estate of S6O,0OO,OOO.
He was frequently heard to say that the tariff,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-24
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by all of his men and mills. Did his men get
any of it? No. They got living wages and
no more Had they demanded more, he would
have fired them, and filled their places with
immigrants, or matave unemployed.
Under our great and good Government,
home labor must meet the competition OF for
eign labor, but home capital must not
Yet we never seem to be able to convince
people that the capitalist as the sole beneficiary
of tariffs.
We are asked to give the name and location
of the Lumber Trust.
A few years ago the Consolidated Export
Lumber Co., of Beaumont and Houston, Tex
as, covered a great deal of the Southern ter
ritory. This was afterwards merged with the
Kirby Lumber Combine, of Houston, Texas.
This concern controls 800 big plants, and was
represented in the Kansas City meeting to
which allusion has been made.
In Golfers book, "The Trusts" we find a
list of the trusts, on page and those follow
ing In this are the Central Lumber Com
pany, California, capitalized at $70,OOO,O0O;
and the North Carolina Pine Timber Assocla-
ton, with $20,0OO,OO0 capital. Mr.. I'll. IL.
Tiff, of Triton, Ca, who, with his allies,
owns 100000 acres of timber land in Georgia
and Florida, could give anxious inquirers val
liable information, if he would.
In ''The Tariff and the Trusts" by Frank
lin PIERCE we read:
'We need lumber to build and repair our
houses, which the vast stores of Canada are
ready to furnish us, but the Dingley Tariff in
tervenes and SAYS First pay the extra 50
thousand; and we hack down our own for
ests, dry up the sources of our rivers, destroy
the supply of water for irrigation, and thus
impair the power on which we must depend
eventually to furnish us with electricity"
That statement is literally true. The Ding
ley Tariff of 50 per thousand feet compels
consumers to pay the extra 50, which is pock
eted by the big men of the lumber combines.
Senator Burrows, of Michigan is chair
man of one of the committees, and not long
ago there were number of capitalists from
the Northwest in his room. The lumber
schedule was under discussion, these visiting
capitalists being timber and mill owners. One
of them took out pencil and figured on an
envelope awhile. Then he said, "Mr. Bur-
rows, do you know what tariff duty of 81
per thousand on lumber o00uZd mean to this
little croa0d of men IN here? IT WOULD
MEAN So $4,000 ON LAST YEARS. PRO-
DUCT."
This capitalist was no hYpocrite, no profess
sonal tariff liar He was among friends and
pals who know what tariffs are made for, and
he found some pleasure In figuring out what
one-dozZar duty would be worth to that lit
tie group.
If one-dollar duty is worth six million
dollars additional profit to the handful of
lumber men that were in Burrows room,
what will two-dozzar duty be worth to the
North Carolina, Georgia, Texas California
and Northwestern lumber barons?
1t aOiW be eOOrth hundreds of millions The
consumers of lumber will have to suffer the
robbery, and Labor will get no greater share
than it would get if lumber were put oOhere
the Democrats promised to put it,-on the free
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Arizona republican., 1909-07-26
BR|CHTS DISEASE

That chronic Bright's Disease is now being cured by treatment that reduces Inflammation in the kidneys is beginning to he generally known.
 We copy the following from the San Francisco Bulletin. June 22d. 1908:
 The recovery is reported of MT. z. Lawton. of 264 Fifth avenue. San Francisco. The case is especially in teresting, due to the fact that books declare chronic Bright's Disease in curable and five city physicians had passed on and diagnosed the case. The usual symptoms found in ex- treme cases were reported-excessiv dropsy, enlarged heart and towards the last the patient could only sleep sitting up, and for six weeks he slept in a chair. Lawton had cousin. Mrs w. E. Hoover of Auburn, who also had an advanced case of Bright's Disease. She had been tapped three times whenshe heard of Fulton's Renal Compound and made d fine recovery. This interested Bawton in the treat ment and it resulted in his recovery also. He is a Mason, mem Der of Excelsior lodge. and many members will recollect his serious pre- dicament and that they thought they would be called on to pass him over"
 Parties desiring to know more of this treatment can get full literature by addressing the John J. Fulton Company. PIP 1st St, San Francisco, Cal.
 Fulton's Renal Compound can he had in your city at all druggists.
 We desire every patient to write us who is not noting the usual improve ment by the third week.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-26
WEATHER TODAY

Washington, July 25.-Forecast for today: Showers Monday and Tuesday.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-26
AFTER THE LAHM CUP.
A Balloon Left St. Louis Last
 Night.

St Louis, July 25.-An attempt to capture the Lahm cup was made to- day when the balloon University City piloted by John Berry. accompanied by Paul McCulloch. ascended at sun set.
 The balloon is provisioned for two days. and equipped for a flight in up- per air strata. It will attempt to reach the Atlantic coast. It went 5000 feet in the air at the start It has not been seen since it passed out of sight here.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-26
FORMER MISTRESS OF WHITE
 HOUSE

Washington. July 25.-Mrs. Eliza beth Taylor Dardridge. aged S5. the third daughter of Zachary Taylor, died here tonight She was mistress of the White House while Taylor was president and was known as Miss Bettie"
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
MADISON.
Huntsville Democrat. )

Carl Hawn and family are at Fayetteville for few weeks and may decide to make that their home
 Another marriage ceremony was performed at the County Clerks of flee last Friday. the contracting par ties being Miss Maud Ledford and C. l.. Lollar, both of Asher Squire Cannaday officiated.
 Henty Vaughan. an old and high ly respected citizen of near White her. died recently after an illness of several months Deceased was an ex-Confederate soldier and a member of Stonewall Jackson camp
 An item of news which we lost by it's becoming misplaced on our copy file was the announcement of the recent marriage of Thos. Park CT of Clifty to Miss Grace Norwood of Alabam, Rev. ] B. Presley of this city officiating.
 Walter B. Stephens has sold his mercantile business at Huntsville to Walter Stearns of that place and Will Jones of near Huntsville. An
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
Bentonville Democrat

Gilbert Duckworth and wife left Monday afternoon for Ada, Wash ington, where they go to make their future home.
 Edgar Lindsey, Richard Henry and Will Pickens left. Sunday for Fayetteville, to resume their stud ies at the medical department of the University Of Arkansas
 Sam Orr. aged 34 years, and son of w. F. Orr, died here this morn ing at o'clock The deceased had been in poor health for some time and his death was not unexpected. He leaves a wife and other rela tives.
 Word was received here this week of the death of K. L. Camp bell. which occurred very suddenly on the 9th inst. at the home of his sister in Merehantyille, N. ]. Bob, as he was familiarity known by his aequaintanses here, WAS an employe of The Democrat office for about three years
 !. l.. Ammons exhibited 1o- pound watermelon in the window of the Strode-Long Mercantile Co this week, which he brought from his farm in Texas The melon, which was a beauty, was cut Wednesday afternoon at the Bo- hart-Fulkerson restaurant. and was enjoyed by a number of invited guests
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08

invoice of the goods was begun Monday. The Democrat understands that MT. Stephens contemplates lo- eating in Oklahoma.
 Mesdames Joanna Gay and Ann DeVoe of Washington county, Ohio, are visiting their sister, Grandma Garrison, of Truth It has been about twenty-five years since Mrs. Garrison moved from Ohio to Ark ansas and she had not seen her sisters during that time
 A six year old boy, the son of family named Jarnagan living near Crosses, fell from bluff one fortyfive feet, breaking one leg and both arms. The little fellow with some playmates was rolling stones over the precipice when he went too near the edge and lost his bal anee, But for the fact that the momentum of the fall was diminish ed by the child lodging for a sec ond on a protrusion of the bluff about twenty-five feet from the top death doubtless would have been instantan eous. In addition to it's broken limbs the child re ceived several severe bruises but it is expected to recover
 X staunch Democrat who has al ways welcomed the anxious candi- dates with words of encouragement, lords and put their tired horses in the softest stalls in his barn with the managers we'll filled with corn, sheaf oats and bright blade fodder, suggests that we advise the boys to to either carry horse feed with them during the coming campaign or make the canvass afoot We know from experience that the friendly people of Madison county have an inexhaustable store of good cheer and best wishes for every candie date and so great IS their hospital ity they will divide the last meas ure of meal with any forlofn, hung " solicitor Of their suffrage wheth- CT they expect to vote for him or not. but the problem of proyender this year fs indeed one for serious consideration and the Democrat referred ta above may have the correct solution However we leave the matter with the candidates
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
Remember, "If It Happened It's in The News"

ager Of the Kihlberg Hotel since its opening last spring.
 Agent and Mrs. Wells went to Kansas City last Friday and Mrs. Wells underwent surgical opera tion at hospital MT Wells re- turned last night but received a message to-day that his wife was not so well and to come at once He will go back tonight
 Saturday was clean up day in Sulphur. The park and the principle streets were cleaned of accumulated rubbish under the sup ervision of the president of the Improvement Club, and a number of individuals put their home yards in order all of which makes the town look d great deal better.
 John owens has sold his farm southeast of town to Rev. Scar row of Hoxie, Kan Considera ton, $2,300 for the 70 acres. Mr and Mrs. owens and son, Tom, left Monday for Grove, Okla, and vicinity. to look over the country with view of buying a larger farm than the one that they had.
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
CARROLL.
{ Berryville Progress ]

Garfield Loyett and Miss Edna Hayhurst were married Wednes- day Maple correspondence
 The Modern Woodman camp has just received a new supply of re- galia for it's team The boys are drilling for their hall work
 There was quite an excitement Saturday and Sunday MT. curt Filbeck s grandson aged s years. ran away from home Saturday morning and was found miles from home Sunday morning Ma pie correspondence
 The fist annual association of Missionary Baptists of Carroll county met in Berryyille yester- day, Eld N A Bailey was cleo ted moderator; C. R Mccall, see retary Eld Bailey preached the introductory sermon
 Jesse Naples was in Carrolton Saturday and in conversation with your correspondent stated that he would most likely be d candidate for the office of sheriff at the coming primary election Mr Ma ples is a brother Of Judge Naples -Carrollton correspondence
 Friends and relatives were made sad when the news reached them that Will Hale had passed from this world to the unknown Wednesday, September 22 He had been ill for almost two weeks but his death was unexpected He is the oldest son of James Hale and was reared in Carroll county and was one of it's most prominent teachers He leaves wife, father, four broth CTS and two sisters and numerous relatives to mourn his death He had only been married two months Maple correspondence
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
6Green Forest Tribune

The depot at Seiigman. Mo burned "Wednesday night. destroy ing baggage express and mai
 Rube Kirkham and family Will return within the next few days from Canada where they have been for the past three or four years
 The death angel appeared at the home of Charley Bailey near Route 3 last Sunday night calling for his little 3-year-o1d son Head cores pondence.
 Postmaster ] L. Rhodes went to Kansas city Sunday night To al tend convention Of Poatmasters He will show them his patent mon ey order desk
 James Braswell has moved his family to Jasper where he will prob. ably locate permanently having found profitable employment in teaching bands at Jasper and oth- CT points.
 W A Trantham Of Head and Mrs. Kate Woeten of Dale Okla were married at the home or j. W. Avery last Sunday morning Squire Beck officiating Head cor respondence
 Miss Ruby Nunnally has re signed her place as teacher in the fourth grade in the public school on account of her failing health Miss Nola Case has been employed to take her place
 The board of equalization is still in session Their investigation is quite far-reaching- The personal list is being overhauled and the mortgage records examined and It is supposed several thousands Of dollars will be put on the tax books
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
HOME AND CONTENTS GONE.
Residence of James Mcconnell Near
Huntsville Burns

i'm McConnell's dwelling house, two and a half miles south of town, and it's entire contents. with the exception of two bedsteads and d sewing machine. were destroyed by fire about noon Monday The building near by. used as a sum mer kitchen and smoke house. was also burned
 The fire which seems to. have originated in the garret, was dis covered by one of the children and had not gained such headway but that Mrs. Mcconnell and Frank Ma yes, employed on the place, had time to carry out nearly all of the household goods but in their excitement they failed to place the goods far enough away from the fire and the intense heat of the building ignited them and all were burned except the feather beds and machine mentioned above
 The loss is not composed only of the buildings and household goods but includes the famfly's winter supply of produce which had been stored in the cellar The entire loss will amount to between S750 and 5000 with no insurance. The home was practically new, the buildings having been erected on ly about two years ago Mr. Me Connell will begin preparation soon for the construction Of anoth- CT residence on the same site Huntsville Democrat.
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08

be here to begin the protracted meeting at the Christian church until the fourth Sunday in the month the 24th. and that when he comes he will have the assistance of Rev Taylor, Of Lit tie Rock, who is quite noted preach CT of the Christian faith
 One of the most delightful meetings the Mystic Circle has had this season was at the resi- dence of Mrs Ollie Lewis last Friday afternoon with Miss May Hawn as hostess The exercises consisted of an informal program in honor of the approaching mar riage of the hostess. the even ing's amusements concluding with the presentation of d three piece silver set to Miss HaWn as tok- en Of love and esteem each mem Der of the Circle has for hef=
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
nearty Counties
BENTON
(Rogers Democrat

The Ferguson Lumber Go, is this week moving from it's quarters on Walnut and Fourth streets to East Elm street
 NJ. s. Scarborough and wife moved here last week from Ft Smith and have rented Mrs Whites residence on North Ninth Street. Mir. Scarborough. who is a photographer, has rented the second floor of the Ray Daley building on South First Street and the rooms are being rearranged and refltted for his especial purposes.
 Representative ". T. Gam of Herd was a Democrat caller Mon day on his way to Bentonvllle. MT. Gam has not entirely re covered from his recent prolonged illness and still feels quite weak. He has not yet announced whether he will be candidate again for representative but his friends are urging him to enter the race
 Mrs. Frank T. Chadwick died Thursday night at nine o'clock at her home about three miles south of Rogers. She had been ill about two months and during the past few weeks her death had been hourly expected. The funeral ser vices were held Friday afternoon at four o'clock at the Stony Point school house and were conducted by C. A. Rogers. Ms. Chadwick was sixty-two years old and had been a resident of this county for about twenty years.
 Isaac Carrigan and son. | l.. Carrigan, were in town Tuesday with petition from the southeast corner of the county asking that the county levying board, which meets next Monday, order steel bridge built across White River. just about mile above the mouth oi N ar fdSit- It lss pettd PuNi .' bridge would be of great benefit to a large number of farmers in that part of Benton county. and 1t would give Rogers an increase in trade with the farmers of that corner Of Madison county. There Is no danger of getting too many bridges across any Of the rivers or creeks in the county and for that reason We hope the board will be able to give the petitioners promise that they can soon have the needed inn provement
 Because the papers of Rogers have had little to say of the brandy distilery being built southwest of town at New Hope, The Springdale News decides that we are not particularly proud Of the addition to our business interests. We'll, we are not so very puffed up over it but that was not so prominent factor in our silence as was the fact that we know very little about it. It is not owned by our people and no one around here seems very long on information We can re member the time when .Bentonville was very proud of it's big brandy
The Springdale news., 1909-10-08
Sulphur Springs Star ]

Felix Church went to Kansas City last week. where he will en- ter a school of pharmacy.
 ]. B. Murdock left Saturday right for Chicago, where he ex- poets to locate. and as soon as he does, he will send for his family.
 John Hamby. who recently went north to seek employment, has se- cured work in Des Moines and his wife let for that place Sunday night where they will make their home.
 John C Clemens and wife left Saturday for Kansas City. Mo, where Mr. Clemens will be connect ed with the Baltimore Hotel. Mir. Clemens has been the efficient man