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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30
SubmIssIon in DO LeelsIaturs.

20 sing unto the Lord a new song,
for He hath done marvellous things,
His right hand and His Holy Arm hath
gotten Him the victory!
Such was the key note Of the praise
service held by our w. G. T.U. Women.
led by Miss Neal on Monday, April rs.
II was a great victory, 30 far beyond
our hopes and so pleasantly won that
our hearts are filled with thanksgiving.
OF course you have all kept up with
the proceedings here in the Senate and
House and how the Constitutional
Amendment passed in the Senate "a TO
z and in the House 81 10 II.
IL has been a great pleasure to have
our dear faithful Miss Neal present
with her associates Mrs. Nelson and
Mrs. Dean, rallying our women and
children, holding mass meetings, attend
ing the sessions OF the legislature and
in every way directing and forwarding
the work There we're numbers Of our
women from various parts Of the state
who by their presence and cody zeal
aided and inspired our legislators in
the passage of this amendment, among
whom were Mrs +. f. Packham, Mrs.
STANDBY, Mrs. X A Burford and Mrs.
+. Van-OOd of Ocala, Mrs. J. Lee Nc
CrOry Of DeLand, Mrs. Alice Shear of
Pensacola, Mrs. Fanny Price of Sop
chOppy, Mrs. Laura MahOny. Mrs
Bertha Burns and Mrs. Bradford of
Carrabelle; Mrs. d. F. Pattishall, Of
Plant City, Mrs. I. N. Withers of La
dy Lske and Mrs.J.C Smith Of Green's
bOrO.
On the day the legislature assem-
bled the ladies' Of the city, under the
auspices OF the w. G. T. u, The WO-
mans Club and the Town Improvement
Association, took flowers, arranged in
boquets. to the capitol, placing q liberal
Offering on each desk, the secretaries,
press, and all connected with that body
we're remembered. Special trays being
placed on each speakers desk. On
other occasions flowers we're distributed
among them with good effect, showing
st least that we we're deeply interested
and standing by them tor all that Is
right
Mrs. Curtis presence at this time
was most fortunate. She Is truly the
Woman from Texas "A Wonder" Her
addresses and arguments fell with tell
Tx ANANN vi hAAN NAAn Va NtAaAN WIN ANAAa
her, and numbers OF men have been
heard to say, "she is the most eOnvinc
ing speaker OF air. God bless and
speed her in her labor II Lowell
And what shall we say Of our men
our strong and true men, who 90 nobly,
20 skillfully and 30 successfully carried
this measure through, in spite Of all
obstacles and threatened entang
by toe opposltiOn2 Our earnest prayers
will still follow them, that God may
continue to uphold and guide them in all
their delberat ons sud plans. giving
them richly all things needfuL We
sympathized deeply with Senator Me-
Mullen IN the loss Of his mother Just at
the crisis Of the passage Of the amend
ment, and he 90 nObly and unselfshly
stood by his post for God and home and
native landi
The gallery was filed with enthusiast
tice sympathizers on either side, Al
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Hon. w. s. Jennings has been applied
10 by the Trustees VI the Internal ia-
prOvement Fund TO advise what Zee BE-
would demand should they see ~ % Fe
tain him, az special counsel. % azsI1t
Attorney General Park Trammell 81 trs
case, recently appealed 20 the Snofe
Court OF the United States. Of ~ "a
Peters versus Wade 81 al. and lhe
ternal IMPROVEMENT Trustees Of
State Of Florida.
Mr.. Jennings was later employed
assist In this work, 70 be paid lee g
81, 900.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

The prophecy Of Hon. J. NJ. Bars
that the establishment Of States vide
prohibition would deprive the ladies' Of
TIE lowers on their hats was extreme
y pathetic. but The flowers Of innOcsn.
ey and purity In our young man and
womanhOod IL Of infinitely more impOF-
lance 20 the women Of Florida than
even the hats themselves, and the pos.
slble sacrifice Of both flowers and hats
does not loom up very terrifyinRly be-
fore them.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Up this way we have q high opinion
Of the Culpeppers as evangeISts Of rare
power over the hard hearts Of men, but
we had not suspected that they were
equal to such catches as the follow
ing which we find In the last issue Of
the Plant City Courier:
THAT must be q wonderful meeting
Mr. CulpsPper ID holding down in Tam
pa. A meeting which can get such
distinguished gentlemen ~ Peter o.
Knight, Wallace StOVall and Jack
Knight into the amen corner, a. IL re-
ported, IL something beyond the con-
esption Of the ordinary man out Of
reach Of It's influence"
What 4 quarttete Il would have been
II Claude L'Engle had been amoDg
these brands snAtehed from the burn
ing And they may get him yet, but
there's not much use IN trying until
after the Legislature adjourns, ~
Claude. perhaps, has a few worldly
scores to settle during the session Of
that body that might not be compatible
with a change Of heart and state Of
grace. -Suwannee Democrat.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Congratulations to the 1909 leglAla.
ture--it Ia far ahead Of ihs record 81
accomplishment compared either with
1905 or 1907. Pensacola Journal,
And. notwithstanding the feet that
one paper In the State has declared to
the contrary. tho two houses are com
pOaed Of an unuSually strong and hon
eat set Of men.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30
RUn. III I'D III.

Rev. l.. W. Moore. Presiding Elder
Of the Tallahassee District and assoei-
ate editor Of The Christian Advocate,
contributes the following 70 that pa
per:
FLORIDA iS cursed with one very
prominent sehemer and political lobby
let whose thought never rises above the
dirt. When be issues bis printed Sylla-
bus on the things that should be let
alone, there rises the efiuVium Of
moral cesspoOls. Let these alone
for by this craft we obtain our
wealth = As the Legislature was fast
approaching, and ~ the prohibition
sentiment was focusing upon q reSOlu-
ton 70 submit the question Of State
prohibition 10 popular vote, this guar
dian Of dirt and shekels issued his mani
festO in the chief organ Of the liquor
ites, which read about thus Let as
have no agitation Of the question Of
State prohibition at this Legislature (;
We have had = money panic the State
needs repOse 7
"In this manifesto the keynote is
money And for the sake Of money he
invites Us to repOse in rum and ruin !
Rather than interfere with what he
considers 10 be q great help 10 business
he would stand IN defense Of that thing,
even though Ii blights and damns every.
thing II touches The climax Of repOse
for q hog is when he is lying in a mud
hole Some Of our so-called leaders Of
thought need only two more legs TO
make the resemblance complete. Their
noses plow the mud Of the financial
world, and the moral and political char
acter Of the State is a matter Of no
consideration 10 them. They find re
pose even in rum and ruin II the thing
Is threaded with q dollar mark. And
yet these dirt eaters try TO prove them
selves to be the greatest teachers on
the question Of individual rights.
This Is nothing but a mere excuse for
their favorable attitude toward the sa-
loon. They have sense enough TO know
that the public good always takes pre-
eedence over the individual good. II
the exercise Of individual rights in any
thing initiates against the body corpO-
rate, any sane man knows that such
individual rights must be surrendered
for the public good. The saloon bust
ness lie set for the accommodation Of
the individual right 70 come and drink
liquor for pay. But the exercise Of
that Is bringing damnation and ruin to
the body corporate. In the one item Of
crime the saloon stands convicted by
the best judges and court dockets Of
furnishing fully seventy per cent.
Must the body corporate endure oil this
In order to preserve and respect the
rights of an individual 10 drink liquor ?
II is preposterous, and any sane man
knows IL"
The gentleman might have gone fur
Their In his argument and given his
prominent schemer and political lob
byist, and all others like him, 10 I'M
derstand that those who are opposed TO
rum, ruin and repOse" in Florida will
henceforth vote for no man unless he
Is willing TO declare himself against the
licensed saloon.
Temperance people should see 10 It
that they elect temperance men TO make
and execute the laws.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

OF Senator Hunt Harris. Of Key
West, the Pensacola News remarks
that he is the only member Of the Sen
ate who is an ex president Of that body,
and further remarks "He is a bold
and aggressive hghter-always in the
open and on the square. bat there are
few able to get the better Of him in a
debate. SenHtor Harris is a son-in-
law Of DR.. Joseph Y. Porter, State
Health Officer"
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Bob TAylOr's plan for breaking the
solid South. No outlined by him TO
President Taft, Ia a. follows: "Glve
every Democrat an office. every Re.
publican a pension and every Niger a
railroad pass"
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

The speech made Tuesday In the
House Of Representatives BY Hon. John
L. Nesley, In secOndIng the nomins-
ton Of Hon. Duncan u. Fletcher for
United States Senator, was a fine trib-
utetO Mr.. Fletcher. and did the gentle
man from Leon great credit -StSrks
Telegraph.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

The True Democrat rather thinks
that Colonel Appleyard Is now Of the
opinion that prohibition in Florida IL
not such an insignificant issue ~ he
once thought II was.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Fifteen years ago William Watson,
the English poet, conferred on Abdul
Hamid the title abdul the Damned. "
The young Turks seem about TO confirm
ths title, according TO the news from
COnstantinople.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

The fight against loan sharks" by
Hon. John r. Stokes. Of Escambia. In
the house. Ia one Of the most meritori-
Gus bills before the legislature. and The
True Democrat hopes II may become a
law,
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

An escaped murderer who had been
at large for three years, and for whom
the officers had been hunting all that
time, was found last week in Fort Ny
ers. And where do you suppose he had
been hiding all that time? He was
merely clerking in a store that didn't
advertise, and would doubtless never
have been found had not the sheriff en-
tered the store to attach the goods,
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

AZ to the SIC, 1000, 600 for which Prof
Pickering promises 20 put Us into COM
municstiOn with Mars, II ought TO be
worth that much 10 the red planet 10
get The score every day.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

All glory 10 every man In the Senate
and House who worked and voted for
the Submission Bill.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Cost Of living has increased n per
cent IN twelve years with only IS per
cent increase In wages. This IL one Of
the beneficial effects Of a republican
tariff.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Didn't we tell you so, Colonel Your
ninth issue in some strange way moved
% 10 first position, and won.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Professor Pickering might ask Mars
whether those great canals are lock or
sea level, and thus settle that dispute.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30
4aIIahassss. Friday, April 20. 1909.

The report Of Rooseyelt's first gun
Are In Africa In awaited with interest.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Bryan's Commoner prints one OF
Governor Gilehrist's articles on IL edi-
tOrial page. This IL a very high Gem
pllment.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

The Tallahassee Sun has a sort OIL
school boOkish appearance. II ampG
Times.
Didn't you mean school boyish?
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Many visitors to Tallahassee are scan
daliEed 20 observe that Leon county
does not take care Of her poor, old, de-
crepit negroes. These old negroes,
worn out in the service Of the white
people and unable longer to earn liv-
ing for themselves, sit or stand along
the streets and begs the passing stran-
ger for a nickel or a dime with which
TO bry something TO eat. Our criminals
are better treated, for they are well fed
and housed. Leon county ought TO be
humane enough 10 take care Of her de-
serving paupers. -Punta Gorda Herald.
We dare say that Leon county does
as we'll as any other county in the State
toward the support OF aged and infrm
negroes. Many of those who solicit
aims on the streets are already pension
eTs on the public bounty. These should
be prevented from soliciting aims.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Patten denies any responsibility for
the increased price Of wheat, and Sec
Rotary Wilson says it is impossible to
corner wheat. The Patten pool. how
ever, has cleaned up between 81. 900, 900
and S5,OOO,OOO. Somebody is paying
these profits, and If il is not the gene
raj public, who is III
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Claude L'Engle's Tallahassee Sun has
reappeared. L'Engle says q number Of
men are contributing the SIS neees-
ssry TO the issuance Of the paper and
that their names are unknown 10 him.
This is q wise preeautiOn on the part Of
the donors. II Claude knew their
names, be would be soon asking for an
increase in the appropriation. Tampa
Times.
But this Is the only Sun that can en-
tighten the dull and stupid legislator.
1t must shine.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Ny line Of Rugs and Mattingsa a Ca
LIT ,. 3. TnEre
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30

Our Senator McMullen is the acknowl-
edged leader Of the prohibition cause in
Tallahassee, and that makes him all the
more dear to our hearts. Senator Nc
Mullen is made Of the right stuff, even
though he did abandon the newspaper
field in days gone by. st. Petersburg
Independent.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-30
In ACCORD.

Mr.. Bryan, in a Kansas City inter
view. has made the following statement
relative 10 his political future
While hope that my party will not
find II necessaryto call for me as a presi-
Dental candidate IN the next campaign,
/ make the emphatic statement that ]
have no intention Of retiring from poll
ties. began 10 fight for Democratic
principles long before my party heard
Of me, and az / live shall continue IL
80 long 40 have strength.
The World is pleased to find itself in
accord with Mr.. Bryan on all these
points.
We hope it will not be necessary for
bis party to nominate him again for
President.
We hope he will not retire from poll
tics.
We hope he will continue TO fight for
Democratic principles, and the more
Democratic they are the better.
Il is the great misfortune Of the
Democratic party that during the last
thirteen years too many Democrats re-
tired from politics and too many Demo
Gratis ceased 10 fight for Democratic
principles New York World.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

infectious diseases are spread. Def
nlte mention was made of typhoid fe-
yer, consumption and hook worm. and
~diasnOstic symptoms Of the latter dis
ease were mentioned. Mrs. Hollo-
Wei gave her own experience in her
county in cooperating with the cOun-
ty superintendent OF schools and the
county physician in working toword
the eradication of this disease. If
there could be public spirited women
found in other counties who would
equip themselves with knowledge in
the manne as Mrs. Hollowen has
done. and who would enter an active
campaign against this public menace
1t would not be long before this dis
ease could be effeCtually stamped out
of the State.
A very interesting paper prepared
by Mrs. Elan. OF Cleveland county.
upon the farm mother was read. 1t
was a source Of regre hat Mrs. ELAN
could not be present. for she has done
nluch to d to the success
Of this and other meetings.
Mr.. G. l. Ninson presented the sub
lect The Cost of Household Plumb
ms There IS no part OF the equip
ment of the farm home that IS more
essential to the comfort and happiness
of the people on the fam and no fea-
ture that is growing more in power
than the water supply. Mr.. Vinson
discussed the problem from the stand
point OIL the force pump. the wind
mill, the gasoline engine and hydraulic
ram, giving estimates ranging from ten
dollars to very elaborate water supply
outfits. The method of diSpoSing of
sewage in the country was touched
upon and the cess-pool and septic
tank were explained. Mr.. Wilson's
talk, while dealing with mechanics, a
question of which women are suppos-
ed to know little. was very practical
and Ineligible, and many questions
were asked, showing that the women
were vitality interested in the subject.
1t was a source OF regret that the
ladies were not permitted to hear Gae
completion of Miss Josephine 8van3
talk on the Teaching of Domestic
Science in the Graded and High
Schools" But Miss evans was able to
point out the necessity and great ad-
vantage, benefit and a~ttractiveneSS of
q course of home for the
young school girl. The point that Do
nestle Science does not mean simply
a course in cooking, but does Include
q complete knowledge of all that
goes to make a complete. sanitary. by
! gienic, beautiful home, was Well
brought out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
THE FARMERS CONVENTION
Continued from Page SIX

"a Use cotton to beat the band: I give
ten years for every farmer in North
Carolina to become rich"
There are not enough good COWS in
North Carolina, he said, to make half
. dozen first-class dairies. He urged
arlner to put cattle on their idle
acres. Butter is getting higher and
higher; good eggs are the same way:
there is a difference in the taste of
eggs.
DR.. Knapp regretted that he did not
have time to speak longer, as he he
was Just at the beginning of his ad-
dress, and he promised to speak again
this morning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
Saturday.

The North Carolina State
Convention adjourned yesterday at
1880 o'clock, ending the most sue
t~cessful and beneficial meeting OF its
six years existence. The attendance
exceeded that of any other session,
the program was the best prepared
and carried out, the speakers We're
recognized experts.
At 10 O'Clock the State Live Stock
and Dairymen's Association held a
business session, at which officers for
the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows:
President, r. 1. Shuford, Of New
ton.
Secretary, j. A. C~onover, of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Executive Committee: John Michels,
dairyman Of A. and M. College; r. w.
Scott, sheep raiser, -Aiamance county,:
w. w. Finley, horses and mules.
Wilkes county; J. w. Robinson, hogs,
CataWba county; A. l.. French, beef
cattle, Rockingham county.
There were two discussions before
the convention, both on horticultural
subjects, the first by Prof. w. n. HUT.
Of the Department Of Agriculture, on
Commercial Fruit Growing" He
spoke chiefly of the opportunities for
commercial apple production in the
Western Counties, due to the fine, sa-
luxurious climate, which brings fruit
as it attracts the summer visitor.
There are few men in the State as in
innate with the orticultura possibili-
ties and peculiar advantages afforded
by the mountain region of North car
DINA as the speaker, whose address
received earnest consideration. Mr..
HUT said in part:
"Our high slopes guar
antee perfect drainage, which is es-
sential in commercial fruit growint,
The apples raised in our high, cool
bright climate in North Carolina havg
the finest color and best flavor of any
apples grown in this country. There
are thousands Of acres Of cheap noun
tain lands in our State that could be
made to induce the highest quality of
commercial apples. The forests on
our slopes could naturally
and profitably give place to a forest
of apple trees. The tOugh, strong
roots Of apple trees preserve the soil
from destructive erosion. Lands
planted in permanent crops of fruit
trees increase very rapidly in money
value. 1t has been estimated by
practical horticulturists that we'll
tenued apple trees of standard va
rietieS will increase in value at the
rate of a dollar a year every year till
they become fully mature. Expert
ence of our orchardists is proving
that lands set in fruit trees
have greater land values than any
other crop we can place upon the
lands.
Last season our fruit owe sold
their apples from $50 to $500 per
barrel The greatest necessity with
fruit groHrrs in this State is the thor
ough use Of spraying. Without spray
ing it is impossible now to raise good
marketable fruit. The time is not far
distant when our cheap
Continued on Page Eighty
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-16
NOT a ssaury SHOW.


To describe Elmer Walters original
"old Maids Convention at a beauty
show would be going from lhe sublime
to the ridiculous, but their parody ses
sions on woman rights. etc. win per.
haps furnish the visitor with more
genuine fun than most musical come.
dies. The idea is truly original, II
nothing moro can be claimed for Il,
and as such, the Convention show
stands out conspiculously among the
many truly remarkable attractions to
be seen with the Great Parker Shows
ct Firemen's Carnival one week, start
ing April 2s.
The world is full OF conventional.
ties; almost everything we see Is con
ventional-even the styles OF dress;
we are going back to the days OF our
ancestors and at this particular date
and age nothing succeeds like success
and the multitudes who lnhablt the n
Illuminated Great Parker Show Grounds
this season cannot fail to thoroughly
appreciate ths many features never
before offered and exhibited with any
carnival
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-16

Brig. Gen. George II. Torney, the
new surgeon general OF the army, is
Baltimorean by birth, the Sun of
that city says OF him: He achieved
his principal distinction, perhaps. in
he work of sanitation following the
San Francisco earthquake and fire ca
lamity in April, 1906. He was then
in command OF the hospital at the
Preside, and all the details OF the
army's medical relief work fell to him
The sanitary conditions Of san Fran.
cisco we're made safe within one week
after the disaster. This work wor
FOR the new surgeon general enthusi.
astic public praise from the mayor of
san Francisco. the governor OF the
state, the officials OF the citizens re.
lief committee. the Red Cross author.
titles, Surgeon Gen. OReilly and even
Secretary of War Taft. Mr. Taft has
borne this record in his memory ever
since"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-16
An Absurd ErprsssIon.

Dr. W. J. Garnett writes to the Lon
don Saturday Review protesting
against the phrase by the skin Of nv
toeth," as recently used by a well.
known court Official in one Of his pub
lie addresses. Dr. Garnett points out
that these words so generally used
are not only a misquotatlon, but a per-
version of the meaning conveyed in
the poem by the true text. Reference
TO the Book of Job, 1920. win show
the protagonist as made to say, not
am escaf I'd by the skin of my teeth.
tut with the skin. meaning. not 4
have escaped with great difficulty. but
destitute of everything possessed.
Just as the teeth are destitute of
sk'n.'' Dr. Garnett concludes: "The
liter is appropriate and forcible. the
ormer an absurd metaphor. and it is
igh time It we're relegated to the
anne category as creating Franken-
ste!l, and similar corrupt texts"