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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04
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pat Ferrel is again un duty as il.gD
wntchmnn, During All the session o.
last ye2 he held the same p0slllMi
and hy thla time he * siid 70 he able
to get al0ns without sleep % an las.
summer he was candidate fof the pem.
0craiie nnmnallan for representative
from Lincoln county. but lost hY Il
small majority he has been worker
10 Tie Demaerlic ranks for half q
century and has been helnrg aghi thu
paiiy's haitlea IN Oklahoma ever since
The opening In 1883
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04

Many ills come fFnm Impure hlnad
Cln't have pure hoed wlih faulty
lleesilpn lazy lges ami alueEiar
bowels lluepck liloua Blltnrs slfene
items alamanh, nnwlea ami liver. aae
puffcs the blood
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04

n VI II udy loflnAr baaetsI.
n4paKef las settled down 10 he
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04


Saturday afternoon a. e:a0. Sat
riday and sunday nlghta we Will
have rtlAklel Brown al he brooks
wlth Master Rico aA el1nslrr' TlIa
u one III he best musical comedies
that Is now bidding for favor. Il Is
falrly Rampant With ten. while this
season al he costumes are entirely
new aud most elaloralr ''lic seen.
efy Il new. and new music aud songs
VIM ~ heard l'le chorus n said 10
be large and MIST eoInely os face
and form
COMEDY In aThe Traitor"
Although "The Traitor Ike its
predecessor. r1Me ClAnsman Is
play OF great yirllty and power Il
a51uuds Ia luticrous comedy scenes
that show The humor ci the negro
character In rs mos. laughablo aspect
Thomas Dixon lr, knows the negro
character "a few writer's a.. and he
has developed IN this play vein
OF comedy that Is absolutely unique.
The comedy scenes OF The Traitor"
are sure aatidole for The blues
ana well-sprlng Of meuiment and
laux hieg Some one has said TINT
the fun lovirg slto o. the negrD
comes from the sunshine OF the South
His lnimltable humor Is az ang rate
undeniably funny
Aunt Julie Ann Is the real MAN
my u the South-nDi tle conyen-
tlonnl stage character va oitnn sapn
Her husband. ifaac A. postle, is a.
new type Of The negro claraoles An
other Odd character Is her cx.hus.
band. Alfrea, who ~ anxious "a sup.
plant hts successor IN tho affections
Of hIs former Wife The eager rlv.
airy between i.e two men brings
ont some Of the fuNpiesi scenes tn
Tho play
The comedy III The TraItgr' Is
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04

John Angelo sergeanizal arms. lIHes
at nrlftW0od Alfalfa county lie + a
native Of Nebraska, where Democrats
thlivo simply because theg believe tm
doctrine aud seldom GET Ca upon pai
ronage He has been for years an ae
Vet Democrat wording as best be
could against The big Republican ua
idriiy of that section Of the state lie
has been congressional comniiteem d
and was campaign manager of hle
'cuniy last year meeting with aua
cess 20 large degree he Is aH ald
camnagnef speaks on The stump
Nhcncveg possible nd allows no cam
palgn Is so By without doing bis full
share By profession be IS farmer
lncluenlally he is aa old b1yho8
ehum and friend of Congressman E.
L. Fulton
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04

The Sitting committee has about all
4 cares to attend TO Just now
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04

J II Lincoln Of Okmnleee county
Is dlstanily related TO The famlls Of
Ahraham Lincoln
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-04
FoR sALE

FOR sALE-School district warrant
books at Leader once
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
Several Large Projects
 In Southern Development

h
 Baltimore. Jan. f7--(Special. )--sever' al large projects for the immediate fu- ture in Southern development are men, tioned In this weeks issue of The Manufacturers Record.
 Among those representing an in- vestment of more than t1lOO0,C00 each are two undertakings for bringing 'un- der cultivation, through irrigation or drainage, sevefal hundred thousand acres of land. Owners of 100000 acres of land in three counties of Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, are perfectlng plans for building an irrlgating canal system fifty miles long at cost of S1 .25O, 1000, the storage reservoirs cost ing S750,OO0. The storagessystem VIII probably include a natural chain Of fakes in one of the counties
 ! The second undertaking involves the co -ooeration of the State of Florida and the purchase of 500.000 acres of land in drainage work in the Ever glades and looking to the construction of a series of canals, one ten feet deep and sixty feet wide; one eight feet deep and sixty feet wide; two eight feet deep and forty feet wide, and a number of smaller ones. Tn Louisiana two canals. each about one mile iong, will be dug at cost of $10.000 to re- claim 2.0OO acres of land In the Belle Place drainage district. These pro- iects are indicative of the work which is to be done in the South in bringing under cultivation vast tracts Of fer-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18

Government many millions fin money
 Forty years ago." Mir. Taft said, 1t would have been impossible to have obtained this concurrence. There would have arisen among the denomi- nations, and objection to it., on the ground that it was 8 recognition or Roman Catholic Church. which was contrary to our traditions"
 After he had described the endorse ment of Y. NJ. c. A. work on the Isth- mus of Panama, where four great clubs are running. each under the direction of an experienced Y. M. c. A. secre- tary, paid by the Government; where ten or a dozen ministers are also emy ployed by the Government, with plan endorsed to establish two or three more clubs. Mir Taft remarked:
 '"It is possible we will be charged with having dlched that money from the public treasury. but if we have. we have accomplished q good work with 1t. l thing also the expenditure could be defended on strictly legal grounds. We have entered the Isth- mus of Panama and introduced there some 5O,O00 souls. Unless We take es-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18

tile land having either too much wa ter or too little water on them.
 A cypress company at Patterson.s La. contempiates dismantlinR its present plant, with a daily capacity in saw mills of 15O.000 feet and in the blaming mill of 100000 feet. and re- building upon an enlarged scale. At Cottonwood. La. will be established a saw mill with a daily capacity of 50.- 00e feet occupying d steel building 15o by 36 feet. A logging railroad will he built aud later a small planer will be established. A Connecticut company iR planning to cut 4,000 acres of timber land near Otter Creek, Tenn.,s and to change . connecting tramroad into railroad with maximum grade of five per cent. A larger project in this line ia that of building a fifty-mile railway to transport timber. principally cypress. from Okefenokee Swamp to Waycross. Ga, to be cut at mills which, with their yards. will occupy 300 acres of land.
 A company with $1,00O.000 capital stock has been incorporated to develop electricically 25.0O0 horsepower near White Springs, Fla, and Mississippians are contemplating the development of water-power in Boule River. near I.au- rel. to operate an inter-urban railway. Al AshevilleI N. C.. S1S0.000 will be spent this year in extensions and other improvements by an electric company and soil pipe work at Bessemer, Ala. are reported to be preparing to spend S10O, ,O0C for improvements necessitatinr doubling the size of It's building.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
Inauepee of Good Eating.

Louisville Courier-Journaf
 There Is a nice question as tO wheth- CT the improved menu Is more the re- suit than the cause of progress in commerce, industry. art and literature. It Is agreed by soeio1ogfsts that a few generations of good nourishment for body and mind mark the difference be- tween the well-formed, veell-appearing ''artstocrat" and the rude. hairy bee- tle-browed, ill-nurtured Tower order of man. PossiblyNa good deal of our superiority to the ape is due Co the fact that we do not subsist on nutsl At any rate, the ape, although his dl- gestive apparatus was doubtless fair to middling, if not absolutely perfect, was meaPdrably less a success as a con. tributor to the progres of the world than the Roman syinposiast, who. if he did occasionally make too brave ca rouse with the daughter of the vine. was a patron of the art and occasions ally m artist himself. That there is a physiolog4c value in fiavors is doubt less quite true. IL might be added that there Is also a psychological value in favors. not at all negligible as an aid to digestion. Tn the picture of a we'll spread and weil-appointed table. sur rounded by a congeniaI company. there Is a psychic Influence that constitutes a mental stimulant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18

pecial pains to have their morality looked after. unless we furnish minis ters, churches and Christian clubs. we are going to have such a saturnalia of evils. such demoralization. that we will never build the canal. Hence, if we are to be impeached for spending that money. 1t will be in . good cause"
 His feeling of satisfaction that Y. M, c. A. work had a place among the negroes Of the South, constituted the concluding thought of the address, which ended with the sentiment:
 "If the negro would be respected, he must make himself worthy of such respect !"
 MT. Taft arrived here from Atlanta at 9 o'clock this morning. He went at once to the Terrett cottage. He did not meet Mir. Rockefeller, who is at the Bon Air Hotel, during the day.
 Fred W. Carpenter. who will accom- pany Mir. Taft to the White House as Secretary to the President. got here today from a vacation in California. Tn his absence, WendaIl Mischler, as- sistant secretary to MT. Taft, has had charge of the office work.
 The statement Is authorized from Mir. Taft that no person has authority to represent the President-elect as ing the Senatorial situation in Oregon. impressed upon Mir. Taft by informa- ton that his name was being used in efforts to break down the oregon pri- mary law.
 Mir. E. H. Hartman Is expected here torf1orroW
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
Mine Accidents Cannot Be
 PreUented Say Scientists

safety lamp, 1t was thought that all danger of mine explosions was over. This lamp has the flame surrounded with metallic screen which does not permit the passage of the flame. But the screens burn out after long usage and miners grow careless. They VII smoke in the mines. It is against the rules. yet on thes dead bodies of nine out. of ten, victims of a mine horror will be found the old pipe, the half. filled sack of tobacco and the few matches. G
 Sometimes. too. the careless miner will ''tarhp" his shot or. blast with pa per instead of clay. The result Is that the force of the exploded powder kshoots up and if there be any gas around. an explosion Is Inevitable Such an explosion above ground would not be attended with serious conse- quences. But in the narrow, cramped confines of a mine. Hundreds of feet funder ground. the result is appalling. The gases released by the explosion. moving along the lines of the least resistance. tearing, twisting and dis rupting. reach the air and main shafts and wreck them. This imprisons those miners not killed by the explosion and cuts of their air supply.
 Now as soon as the fire damp ex- plodes, certain chemical changes take place. The gas which results is called after damp. This is a non-exploslve. irrepressibie gas composed chiefly or carbonics acid gas and nitrogen. Af- ter damp Is of about the same specific gravity as atmospheric air. The explo- sion has destroyed all the oxygen in the air. so only the after1damp rec mains It completes the awful work by choking to death the burned and mangled victims who were not killed by the explosion.
 Sometimes in addition to the after damp, there is found the third deadly gas. white damp" This is a heavy white, vaporous gas, plainly visible to the naked eye, which often forms after the explosion. 1t seeks the ground and hovers there like the miasmatic va- DOTS one sees where malaria abounds. 1t is carbonic oxid. and is not explo- Rive, but It's fumes are deadly and he who breattes it perishes instantly.
 There is no preventive even in the safest mines. only eternal caution win avail, and men who eat, sleep and live ins danger, soon feel contempt for 1t that eventually begets careless ness, and another hundred lives are sacrificed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
TALKS TO NEGROES
TAFT ADDRESSES NEGRO '. M. c.
 A OF AUGUSTA.
The Prenidet-eIeet DwelIs at Some Length On the Good Work Be- F' ing Done Everywhere by
 The Y. M. c. A.

Augusta, Ga. Jan. 17.--Introdueed to o hI0 audience of men, comprising the negro Y. M. c. A. of this city, today, as ''the most popular and conspicuou,S citizen of the United" States; AmerI, cas- great statesman, our uncroWne3 tIna For whom we wish a successful sdujnistration and a second term" by fine famous pr. Walker, known as the %Black Spurgeon," Mir. Taft became s,reativ Interested in discussing the Christian uplift of Y. M. C.. A. work and talked for an unusually long time to his enthusiastic listeners
 pr. Walker painted bright pres ent and a brighter future TOT ihe ne gro of Georgia, who owned. he said' a million acres of land in the State, and paid taxes on $20.00o.00o worth of nroperty. This report Mir. Taft re- rarded as most encouraging. 1t gave him an illustration for his ofneial-eN- pressed belief that the race question must be settled by the negroes them selves becoming indlspensinle 10 is .ne community in. which they live. This meant industry, information and thrift acquired by constant individ- nal effort, He dwelt at length upon the advantages of I. NJ. c. A. work to bring about this condition, and illus trated his point by picturing the temp tations and depression or Americans In the PnlllpplneS, anu lhO hSAp NhlSh the Association was rendering there. to afford wholesome ways of entertain ment for the leisure hours.
 If was his belief that the r. NJ. c. A. had brought about in this country more tolerance between the various re- ligious denominations As an example of this, he made a detailed explanation of the situation this Government found itself in with respect to the Friar lands in the Philippines, but parenthet- ieafly remarked before proceeding, 'I think a pretty good example of this tolerance is the fact that I am elected President of the United States"
 Concurrence. he said, had been ob- tained from body of clergymen rep resenting the different denominations that no protest would be made by them. when the Government should take up with the Pope the negotiations necessary to acquire title to these lands, Their purchase for sT.0e0. 900. he said. had saved what would have been a bloody revolution in the Philip pines. which would have cost this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
MODEST ANDREW
IN SERMON OF REV. H.
 T. JOHNSON.
Fer This Reasoh Taken With Wonder full Faith the Great Apostle
 Furnishes Interesting
 study in Religion.

To a congregation that filled the large auditorium of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church, Rev. Henry T. John son, It's pastor. preached a sermon full of impressive thought last night. The sermon was preceded by special mus sic and there was good congregational singing of hymns.
 Andrew" was the subject which the preacher handled in his characteristic style. The text was chosen in John, i, 42, And he brought Him to Jesus. ,"
 Dr. Johnson went into an interest ing study of Christs bapttsm before telling of the wonderful faith of An drew. As much of the biography of the apostle was recited as could be gieaned from the Bible. which was not much, as the speaker professed. but this was seized upon to score one point for religion, in the estimation of Dr. Johnson. The very fact that Andrew, the fisherman, apostle around Galiiee. Is so little known to history furnishes assurance that some of the most ef- feetive work that issdone for Christ and the Kingdom of God Is not so much as recorded.
 In the same trend of the sermon the speaker emphasized the truth that not always the loudest takers. the most clustering and windy type of workers accompltshes the most for the King dom. Andrew was humble; he was quiet; he was modest; he was "stiIl hunter" and each of these qualities was. valuable asset. pr. Johnson made much of the metaphor in .still hunting" for souls. This sort of work can be done in q well organized, quiet and unasuming way. and yet be re- warded with magnificent results.
 Andrew was the first to embrace Christi first to call to the Saviour and the first to bring to Him In this also lies a lesson. according to the speak ker, for many are the men and many have been the men who were quite willing to follow where others led, but the man with the courage to blaze the way where others doubted is the more wor- thy.
 The incident of Andrew and the five loaves and two fishes was cited as an illustration of the importance of at- tending to details.
 Another lesson drawn by Dr. John son was the great influence which tho apostle had where he was best known Instances we're gi~en of men having little influence at home where they were best known were forced to go into strange parts to do their work The latter class could not be of the same earnestness and faith as those whose good results are to be found at home. iI
 The Court Street Methodist Church omitted the evening services and join- ed congregations with the Dexter Av. enue Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18

Va. who has been called to the pas- torate of the Presbyterian Church in opelika. was in the city today. en
 route from Montgomery to his vir- ginia home, and he delivered a most
 interesting and eloquent sermon at the Presbyterian Church. He will preacn
 which time. it IS drought. he will an nounce his decision as to the accept ance Of the call to the opslika church:
 Reed Barnes, Jr.. the young son or Hon. and Mrs. Reed B. Barnes, Wnhe playing with some friends Friday at- ternoon, had the misfortune to Tall from q wagon. breaking his collar
 bone. While Q painful injury. It is
 not a serious one. and he is doing
 Hon. T. D. Power continues quite i'll at his home on North Raiiroad Ave nue
 Messrs. R. E. rorbert and walon Crossley, went to West Point. Ga. this
 moaning to speno the Sabbath with friends in that city. W. E. Bone, manager of the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com-
 pany's office ir OpelllSa. went to Dade-. vile Saturday afternoon. to look after the interests of his company in that place.
 Rev. J. L. Slough Is ill at his home In opelika, and was unable yes- terday to go to his appointment at Union Grove Church. Hon. F. P. Nichols of Roanoke was in opelika Saturday and spent the day on business. 4 Miss Mary Kate Sanford, who has been visiting fin Auburn during the past
 week. has returned to her home iis Opelika.
 Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Mayberry are In Opelika. and are the guests of MT. and Mrs. w. D. Newman, the parents of Mrs. Mayberry.
 Miss Annie Shapard of Wetumpka is in Opelika on a visit to relatives and friends
 lanta, where she will spend several weeks on visit to her sister, Mrs. William Dunn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
TAFT LIKES THE SOUTH
 AND THE SOUTH LIKES TAFT

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 17.-"T'he Pfesident-elect likes the South very much, and the South returns the feel Ing very cordially" said United States Circuit Judge Lurton today, who has just returned from Augusta and Att lanta, where he went from Cincinnati several days ago on invitation of Judge Taft. Judge Lufton visited the Pres ident- elect at the latter's Augusta cot- tage and accompanied him on the spe- cial train from Augusta to Atlanta.
 Judge Taft's popularityris. of course. national and international" said Judge Lurton, but the people of Georgia, and, for that matter, of the entire South, are his particular good friends Delegations of citizens have been com, Ing a hundred miles to Augusta, just to pay MT. Taft their respects. and to shake his hand. One of the most re- markable visits paid him was by a number of Confederate veterans"
 Continuing, Judge LurtOn said:
 At his place in Augusta, MT. Taft has beer receiving the most cordial atten- tions and the evidences of the best friendship. He has not been engaged in any political work, but has been doing all he can to remove any idea that may exist that Washington Gov ernment Is inimical to the interests of the South. He has been doing much to dispel the idea that the South is not as important part of the United States as any other section, and his stay in the South has gone far to re- move any such erroneous impressions. as that"
 Asked about the report that Judge Taft will appoint him to the Supreme bench, Judge Lurton would not be quoted. saying that Els visits to Mr. Taft at Augusta had not been of any remarkable significance. and that lie had gone there "merely to talk over matters of mutual interest"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18

New York, Jan. 1.-The year 1908 was marked by more mine horrors by more loss of life undergrounds- than any other year in history.
 And, the year 1909, scarcely three weeks old. apparently is going after week c hundred lives were snuffed out in an explosion in a model mine near Bluefieids, W, Va, and few days prior death exacted another terrible toll In the Letter mines in Illinois.
 The great mass of the American people, startled by the enormous loss of life, holds its breath for a moment, sheds few tears, contributes a few dollars to the fund for the helpless widows and half-starved orphans--and proceeds to forget all about 1t. A few men, scientists or hun1anitarians. ask why do such accidents occur? How can they be prevented? To the first question there Is no answer. To the second, the reply is. They cannot he prevented ;"
 The Lick Branch mine was a model mine. said to be one of the safest In America. It was double shafted. double timbered, and well supplied with air shafts and ventilators. In the shops vices operating fans, sending air cur rents rushing through the mines, through every entry and drift. sup plying the life-givipg oxygen to the men at work
 All these precautions are taken to prevent the accumulation of gas. Science has not yet solved the problem of preventing the formation of gas. It can prevent It's accumulation sonle- times.
 Mining engineers and chemists rec ognizc three kinds of mine gases. They denominate these gases fire damp, after damp and white damp Now and then miners call the two latterlchoke damp.
 Now,afire damp is the only one of the trio that Is explosive. It is gas given of. by coal under the Influence of heat of the earth. Chemical analysis shows that 1t Is never the same in any two mines It is lighter than atmos- pheric air and gathers near the roof of chambers, drifts and entries. Some times 1t is found in 'pockets"--that Is, cavities in coal veins. 1t consists largely of earbuerted hydrogen, or what is known commonly as marsh gas. familiar to those who live near marshes and swamps. Fire damp Is not explosive until 1t Is mixed with air and brought into contact with flame. When Dayy invented the miners'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18
Lees Birthday to Be Celebrated;
 Montgomery Banks Will Be Closed

banks of Montgomery will be closed as a mark of respect for the day.
 Although not the same age. Edgar Allen Poe. Americas great author, was born on the same day. and the occasion will be doubly significant to those who love the South its heroes and great men.
 Lees birthday will probably be ob- served in some way in the leading colleges of the State. Dr. George Pe- trie. Professor of History and Latin In the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, was in Montgomery yesterday en route to Montevailo where tonight he will address the student body of the Ala bama Girls Industrial School on the occasion of the celebration of Lees birthday.