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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-30
A Hurry Up Call.

Quick Mr.. Druggist-Quick?-A box
of Bucklens Arnica Salve-here's a
quarter-for the love of Moses hurry
Baby's burned himself, terribly-John
ME cut himself with the axe-Mamie's
scalded-Pa can't walk from piles
Billie has boils-and my corns ache.
She got it and soon cured all the fami-
ly. It's the greatest healer on earth.
Sold by Oberdorfer. the druggist.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-30
Still Usino Hand Labor

In China there are match factories
at which only hand labor is employed.
One of them, at Hsieh Chang, has 600
workers, 400 of whom are women.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-30

Send this advertisement, together with name
of paper in which it appears, your address and
four cents to cover postage, and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas of the World"
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl St. New York
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-30
How to Find Out.

Some people never learn to appre-
ciate the comforts of home until they
have Travelled on river steamboats,.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-30

insure with W. 0. Hinton.
Prompt paying non-uniOn COM
panieS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23

will soon be able to build all factO-
ries necessary to manufacture all of
it's raw material.
We lose enough on one crop in
the way of freight on cotton to the
spinners, an on the cloth back to
the consumers, to build all the fac
tories necessary to work up the crop.
Let the farmer do less work and
more thinking, join the Union and
study and discuss business principles
and they will soon be one of the
most powerful organizations on
earth. Study the science Of gov
eminent, read Watson's Magazine
and weekly Jeffersonian and find out
what you need, and then tell the
fellow that's in Office what you want
and must have, or he can hunt an
other job.
[ think if the preachers and mem
bers of the different churches would
quit talking, preaching and singing
so much about the sweet bye-and
bye, and do like Watson, and have
something to say of the nasty now
and-now, there would soon be some
thing doing down here that would
cause the devil to tremble in his
boots.
In conclusion, will say that here
is a dollar for the reform cause, to
be spent as you think best.
E. P. BRUCE.
Bruce, La.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23

out by threatening to have him re-
arrested for lunacy. Later in the
same fall he lost some saw mill
property through fear of some
threats that were made.
The only cause for the last case
being made against him was that
he made some remarks about muir
der case in our community. There
had been a long grudge against two
men, a Mr.. Davis and a Mr.. Land
rum. They met and fought bloody
duel. Mr.. Davis was killed. A few
days later Mr.. Camp was in Rome,
and in talking about the case made
some remark about Davis. 1t hap
pened that some of Davis relatives
were close by and heard them, and,
knowing Mr.. Camps trouble before,
swore out a lunacy warrant. He
was tried before few of the prose-
cutor's sympathizers, without law
yer or even witnesses, although Mr..
Camp asked and insisted that he be
allowed several substantial men as
witnesses. Over the protest of Mr.
Camps wife and children that ne
was being outrageously treated and
tried for insanity when he was sane,
he was sent off to spend the balance
of his days in the asylum. He is
now So years old. Mr.. Camp told
the court that he would rather be
dead and in HI rather than have
to go back to that death trap.
SUBSCRIBER.
Rome, Ca, Route 2.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
AGE LIMIT OF "YOUNG MEMS
LEAGUE" TOO LOW, HE
THINKS.

Dear Sir:-I am reading both of
the Jeffersonians and can truthfully
say that the matter is all good,
though I enjoy the editorials and
the letters from the people best.
I fell in love with Populism when
only a boy, fifteen years ago, and
when it seemed that the cause was
hopelessly lost My first boy was
born, and I determined that his
name should be Watson,-sincerely
hoping that he would grow up and
honor the name of the great re-
former.
Now, Mr.. Watson, l have read
an article in the weekly Jeffersonian
of September 9th, on page 5, about
founding a party on the principles
of Initiative, Referendum and Re-
call, and / heartily agree with it.
If all the reform forces can't be
united on those principles, it is GER
tain that they will never unite on
anything. All honest men that be-
lieve the people to be able to gov
ern themselves would be with us, and
| believe there are enough of such
people to rout the dishonest ones.
If 1 didn't think that, would be-
lieve the devil had more power than
God.
1 disagree with Will H. Stan
ford where he would debar men over
Fl years of age from the Young
Mems League. AS a rule, boys I'M
der FL years old are thinking too
much of baseball and the present
time generally to get them interested
in things political, or of the future
generations. There are hundreds of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

thousands of men between the ages
of Fl and 35 who are willing to
take an active interest in the reform
movement, and if organized, we
would cause somebody to sit up and
take notice.
Give us Initiative and Referen-
dunn. JOEL r. GERMAN.
Albertville, Ala.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
BELIEVES HIS NEIGHBOURS COM
IMMINENT TO ASYLUM TO
BE ILLEGAL.
Bruce, La.

Dear Sir:-Having read in the
about the cruel treatment given the
inmates at Milledgeville asylum, and
about the George Bell case, thought
that probably the practice of send
ing sane people to the asylum would
be checked, but if one-fourth of the
rumor is true about the trial and
sending of him to the asylum (and
I have no reason to doubt that the
reports are true) we have a case in
Floyd county equal or worse than
the George Bell case.
Mr.. Camp was tried and sent off
at our last term of court just past.
Mr.. Camp was sent to Milledgeville
some years back and was released in
about forty days. He is a man with
his faults, which, of course, do not
harm anyone but himself. He lived
only about half a mile from me. l
have talked with him on many oc-
casiOns and could swear, with a
clean conscience, that he is not in
sane. Nor would anyone else in this
community swear that he is a fit
subject for the asylum, or has been
from the time he was released, I'M
less it was some one having a grudge
against him, or that he owned some
property which some one wanted
then he was an easy victim.
In the fall of 1908, while attend
ing court, he lost syrup mill. On
returning, he made some investiga-
ton and found the mill, and was
proceeding to prosecute the parties
who had it, but before he could
do anything, those parties turned
around and swore out a warrant for
lunacy against him. The officer bound
him hand and foot with ropes and
carried him to court. He stood trial,
came clear, but never got his syrup
mill back, for the parties scared him
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
FROM A TENNESSEE BOY

I wish to write you a personal let
ter in regard to my attitude toward
you, without any acquaintance with
you at ALL This may seem some
what pert in me, but I will trust it
to you to accept my apology for SO
doing.
I am poor boy, only nineteen
years of age. I have been an or
phan since I was eleven years old.
My parents being very poor, have
made things hard for me in getting
an education,-and | haven't got but
little. What I have learned has
been during spare hours while work
ing as laborer on the farm, and
that is the way I am educating my
self now. I was raised with Chat is,
the people with whom I have been
associated mostly staunch Demo
Gratis. Well, I am Democrat in
the sense of the word and not the
name. | am Democrat in the
sense that it means a government for
the people and by the people, and I
want to assure you that when I am
old enough, you shall have my vote
any time you are a candidate, and
[ can vote for you.
l keenly appreciate your articles on
the Foreign Missions question, and
agree with you fully in every detail.
oziv
friend to read the articles, and I
want to assure you that as soon as
l am financially able I shall sub
scribe for it. | have to help my
younger sisters and brothers with
my small earnings now, but maybe
God will help me in this as he has
in many other things.
I am making the effort of my life
to rise above my present position
in life, not because I feel that I am
worthy of anything higher, but be-
cause I feel that there is a work for
me in which | can be of a greater
service to my fellow man.
May God bless you in the great
fight you are making for right, and
I pray that you may live to see the
day when victory will greet you in
your battle against the great evils
of our government. I am proud to
know that I am citizen of a gov
eminent that has in it a man like
you.
Hoping that you will pardon me
for being so bold as to write you in
this manner, I am,
Yours sincerely,
HUGH RAY NOLEN.
Ed. note:-Glad to hear from you,
my boy Don't worry about being
poor If you've got the right kind
of grit, poverty cannot keep you
down. No man is whipped until he
himself loses heart. Good success to
you.-T. E. W.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
THE PRINCIPLE is SOUND; THE
PLAN COULD BE WORKED
OUT.

Dl0S Oh Iu0 J0u0ISOuldA duu dSSAIo
supplies. l will do all l can to get
the people to read reform literature.
There is much prejudice here to
contend with. Partisanism in politics,
and sectarianism in religion seems
to be the greatest curse of the age.
l belong to no church, but am a
dear lover Of Equity, Justice and the
Golden Rule. I am tied to no party,
only that of principle; to no church,
only that Of Christ, both of which
admit free thought, reason and in
vestigation.
l have read your publications from
the first issue, and expect to read
them as long as they are published
and I'm able to read.
AS a member of the Farmers
Union who wants to see it's princi-
pies put into operation so as to be
beneficial to it's members, I'd like
to have your opinion in regard to
the following system of business:
Deposit all surplus products of the
farm in our warehouses, have them
insured, issue checks or receipts for
tWO-thirds the value of all non-per-
ishable produce, said checks to be
redeemable in the products of any
warehouse belonging to the associa-
ton.
This would furnish the people with
sufficient medium of exchange to
transact their business until the con-
sumner needed the produce. This sys-
tenn, when put into practice, would
kill the National Banking System,-
Congress or no Congress. While I
am aware Of the fact that it takes
Congress to make a legal tender,
there is no law to prohibit people
from adopting any system Of keeping
accounts in the transaction of their
business I consider cotton better
security for circulating medium of
exchange than gold itself, for the
civilized world is dependent upon
cotton for clothes, but can do with
out gold. Shame upon any class of
people in possession of such a COM
modify who are running around
hunting some one to finance it!
We can store our cotton in the
warehouse, fix the minimum price at
5 cents per pound, issue checks to
the amount of $50 per bale, re-
deemable in gold, hold the cotton
and transact business with said
checks, and in less than twelve
months the gold will be at the ware
house to redeem the checks, or one
half of civilized humanity would be
in rags.
Let us, as soon as possible, build
our own manufactures and thereby
get the benefit of high tariff, or abol-
ish it entirely. The cotton farmer
will never be entirely independent
until he is able to manufacture his
own product. He might hold his cot
ton until the spinner would give 25
cents per pound, and then the spin
ner would be master of the situation,
so far as the finished product is con-
cerned as the farmer was while
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23

$3.50 CASH and Dinner Set free
for distributing catalogues, ETC., for
a big Chicago mail order house.
Globe, 1900 State St., Chicago.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
THEY WILL BE in BOOK FORM.

Dear Mr.. Watson:-Have read all
your articles on Foreign Missions up
to and including September maya
zine If I were Miss Houston /
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
PERSONAL.

Cipriano Castro, former president OF
Venezuela, was forced to leave
steamer on which he intended to go to
Colon, at Fort de France, Martinique.
Theodore Roosevelt in a message to
the American people, praised the work
done by this country in helping to re-
build Messina, which was destroyed by
an earthquake.
Cows. Harmon of Ohio and Marshall
of Indiana will speak at the annual
Jefferson day dinner in New York
April 10.
John G. Milburn opened the argu-
ments for the Standard Oil Company
in the dissolution suit at St. Louis.
Secretary Knox gave a dinner IN
honor of Messrs. Wada and Sakai, Jap
anese exposition officials, who are Wis
iting this country.
Former President Roosevelt arrived
at Naples and was greeted by large
crowd, including the German consul
who delivered special welcome from
the kaiser.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Coolidge has approved plan for sys
tematizing designs for United States
notes and coin certificates.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, in an
address to the Civic Federation de
Tended the use of the boycott.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
FEAR FOR LIVES OF SEVEN.
Tug George A. Floss in Fierce Storm
Reported Missing in
Lake Erie.

Cleveland O., Apr. 9.-Fear was en-
tertained here last night that the fish
ing tug George A. Floss may have
gone down with it's crew of seven men
during the storm upon Lake Erie. The
tug, in charge of Capt. William Barry,
was known to have encountered the
severe gale which all day whipped the
lake into furious sea, but trace of the
little boat soon was lost. A report
was received yesterday from Fairport
harbor that the tug had put in there,
but this report later proved to be un-
true, as it was another craft. The
Case Fish Company, which owns
the tug, has been endeavoring to To-
cate it, but has been unsuccessful. 1t is
believed by the owners that the tug
either sank with all on board, or was
driven by the wind to some obscure
Canadian port.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
HAPPE N|NGS
Of A WEEK
Latest News Told
in Briefest and
Best Form.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The house adopted an amendment
by Mr.. Norris of Nebraska, making the
duty on crude oil one per cent. ad
valorem, which practically puts 1T on
the free list
The house adopted the Fordney
amendment striking out of the Payne
tariff bill the countervailing duty on
lumber.
Mr.. Clark of Florida, Democrat, IN
a speech on the tariff bill in the house
repudiated William J. Bryan, whom ne
called a "Populist leader"
The house of representatives adopt
ed the rule limiting debate and amend
ments on the tariff bill and requiring a
vote at three o'clock on the afternoon
of April 8.
The senate confirmed the appoint
ment of Charles Dyer Norton OF Chl-
cago to be assistant secretary OF the
treasury. Mr. Norton was sworn IN at
once.
Fears for a protracted tarlh hgnt
in the senate began to disappear when
it was announced that the minority
members of the finance committee
will not filibuster against the bill.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
THE CRACKING OF PAINT.
Property Owners Can Save Money
by Learning the Cause.

Do you know what Is wrong when
paint peels, or cracks, or otherwise
hecessitates premature re.painting?
Well, sometimes It hasn't been
properly applied-the surface being
lamp or there being too much turpen'
Tine or too much drier.
But, nine times out Of ten, the
trouble is caused by adulterated
white lead.
To avoid all such trouble, every
houseowner should know in a general
way, when a surface is In proper con.
dition to receive paint, what kind Of
primer and finishing coats different
surfaces require, and how to avoiG
edulteration in materials.
A complete painting guide, includ
ing q book of color schemes, specih'
cations for all kinds Of painting work,
and an instrument for detecting aduF
terations in painting materials, with
directions for using it. can be had
free by writing National Lead Com.
pany, 1902 Trinity Bldg, New York,
and asking for Houseowner's Paint
Ing Outfit No. 40.
This company. the largest makers
Of pure white lead, invite tests, by
means of the blowpipe (included in
outflt), or In any other way, Of the
purity of the white lead sold under
their famous Dutch Boy Painter
trademark. That trademark on q key
Of white lead is in itself an absolute
guarantee of purity and quality.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
GENERAL NEWS.

Great damage was done by tidal
wave that swept over the islands of
Phiotonga and Moorea ON March Is,
according to reports brought by the
steamer Mariposa which arrived at
San Francisco.
Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi, former minority leader in
the house, has accepted the invitation
to deliver the commencement address
on June 10, before the University of
Nebraska.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
approved a rectangular design for a
special issue of stamps on June /,
commemorative of the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific exposition.
The Wyoming Stock Growers asso-
citation, representing practically all
the cattle growers of the state, has
adopted resolution protesting
against the removal of the tariff or
hides.
Two hundred sons and daughters of
the Lone Star state, now residents of
New York, met at the Waldorf-Astoria
and organized the Texas Club of New
York Gov. Campbell, Senators Bailey
and Culberson and Martin w. Little
ton were elected to honorary member
ship.
In honor of Tokutaro Sakai, commits.
sioner general, and Hikojiro Wada,
commissioner of the Tokyo exposition,
who are i'll this country in the inter
ests of the Japanese worlds fair. a
dinner was given at the White House
Judge Morton in the supreme court
at Boston refused to appoint re-
ceiver for the estate of the late An.
drew ]. Davis of Montana, or to issue
an injunction against the removal tc
Montana of any of the property of the
estate located within Massachusetts.
Collector of the Port Loeb of New
York has ordered a re-assessment oil
duties on sugar imported by the trust
which amount to a total increase Of
$1,239000
An unidentified man committed sui
eide by leaping into Niagara Fall!
from Luna island.
The body of Harold Moon, who wa!
believed to have been kidnapped, wa.
found in pond near his home a
Flint, Mich.
Fire caused by boys who were
smoking cigarettes resulted in $4,000,
600 loss to Fort Worth, Tex, and tn,
death Of one man.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
The Strenuous Blanche.


One of Blanche Bates most intimate
friends is telling rather funny story
about this clever actress.
"She came into my house one even
ing very much excited, and said to
her: Blanche. for heavens sake, what
Is the matter? You seem to be all
gone to pieces
"'Matter enough she answered, az
her voice shook with anger. I have
been accosted by man in tho
Streets
"'What did you do?' asked.
"T hauled of and hit him in tho
face she answered, and said to
him: "You dirty dog, would you speak
to a defenseless woman?"'
"'And where was he when you said
this?' I again inquired.
"'Rolling in the gutter where he
fell when I hit him. she said, in a
surprised tone at my question. To
ledO.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
SISTERS TRICK
But It All Came Out Right.

How sister played trick that
brought rosy health to coffee fiend is
an interesting tale:
IT was a coffee fend-a trembling,
nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging
to the poison that stole away my
strength. / Knocked at Postum and
would have none of it.
zone day my sister substituted a
cup of Postum piping hot for my morn.
ing cup of coffee but did not tell me
what it was. l noticed the richness of
it and remarked that the coffee tasted
fine but my sister did not tell me
was drinking Postum for fear might
not take any more.
"She kept the secret and kept CIV
Ing me Postum instead of coffee until
l grew stronger, more tireless. got =
better color in my sallow cheeks and
a clearness to my eyes. then she told
me of the health-giving, nerve.
Strengthening life-saver she had given
me in place of my morning coffee
From that time l became disciple OF
Postum and no words can do justice
in telling the good this cereal drink
did me. l will not try to tell it. for
only after having used it can one be
convinced of it's merits"
Ten days trial shows Postum's pow
er to rebuild what coffee has de-
stroyed. There's a Reason"
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter2 Anew
| one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
lpteFeag.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14
ALTER PAYNE BILL.
NEW MICA SCHEDULE-DUTY ON
STEEL Is REDUCED-No
IRON INCREASE.
SENATE PLANS ORE TARIFF
Custom Of 20 Cents Per Ton IL
Scheme Of Upper 1ranch-House
Measure Puts It on Free List
Gives Congress Much Trouble.

Washington, Apr. 9.-When consid'
Grafton of the Payne tariff bill was re-
sumed by the house yesterday, further
amendments in the nature of verbal
corrections were taken up and adopted.
The mica schedule was stricken out
and a new one substituted providing
that manufactured mica shall pay .
duty of five cents pound and 20 per
cent. ad valorem and that mica cut
or trimmed, mica plates and all manu-
features of mica shall pay ten cents
per pound and 20 per cent. ad va
loren.
Steel Duty Reduced.
Steel ingots, blooms and slabs were
reduced from one cent to eight-tenths
of cent per pound. The ad valorem
proposition on boiler and plate iron or
steel was stricken out and the duty
made specific, in some cases the rate
being reduced.
A vigorous fight was waged on an
amendment increasing the duty on
round iron or steel wire smaller than
No. 16 gauge from ~ to 1A of a
cent a pound. It was claimed that the
proposed increase was an outrage on
the farmer.
Fix Round Iron Rate.
The committee amendment increas'
ing the duty on round iron or steel
| wire smaller than No. 16 was voted
down 1856 to 146, and in it's stead there
was adopted substitute presented by
Mr.. Clark of Missouri fixing the rate
at three-fourths of one cent per pound
A long wrangle ensued over the right
to amend any other portion Of para
graph 1874.
| Would Put Duty on Ore.
| The present intention of the senate
committee on finance is to place du
ty of 20 cents per ton on iron ore
Under the Dingley law iron ore is du
table at AZ cents per ton, while the
Payne bill puts it on the free list
The decision of the senate committee
is in the nature of compromise ant
was brought about by the insistence
of Senator Burrows and his col
league, Senator William Alden Smith
Iron ore is one of the product!
which has given the house and sen
ate committees great deal of trouble
While some of the ore producers ad
mitted frankly to the house commit
tee that they could stand their shar'
of reduction if there was to be ,
general revision of the tariff down
ward, few of them were willing t.
admit that they could stand free ore
Might Be Misinterpreted.
It was asserted that if this protec
ton is put in the paragraph Nigh
be interpreted to apply to the bull
of the cotton raised in Mississippi
and Texas, which is long staple, com
pared with the short staple cotton o
other cotton growing states.
Requests that cocoa leaves be mad
dutiable at five cents pound reache
the finance committee yesterda
through the manufacturers of cocaine
1t is asserted cocoa leaves are nov
being imported free of duty and ar
used by persons who have contracte
the drug habit.
1t was asserted that free import:
ton of cocoa leaves works an inju'
tice to importers of cocaine and op
UNI for medicinal purposes.