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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
no Address Graduates

WASHINGTON June 7.-Ambassa-
dor Takahira of Japan has been in
vited to and will deliver the bacca-
laureate address at the graduating ex-
ercises of the University of Illinois, at
Champaign. He will leave Washington
for the west ON June 10
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
Vote for Hiah License

SALINAS, Cal, June Incomplete
returns from the municipal election
held today indicate a victory for the
high license advocates, as opposed to
the prohibition element. The vote APP
pears to have been about two to one.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 7.-Cloud-
bursts today caused much damage to
property and tied up train service on
the Chicago Great Western railroad be-
tween Sharon city and Diagonal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
DOCTORS WILL TREAT MAN
SUPPOSED TO BE LEPER
Prominent Medical Men to Watch
Progress of interesting Case
in Washington

NEW YORK, June John R. Early,
who has been confined for nine months
in. a reservation at Washington sus-
peeted of being. a victim of leprosy,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
ASSASSIN SHOOTS
FEUD PARTICIPANT
FORMER KENTUCKY SHERIFF
FATALLY WOUNDED
Wounded Man Once Chief Lieutenant
of Judge Hargis, Who Was
Shot and Killed by
His Son

JACKSON, KY. June 7.-Former
Sheriff Edward Callahan, famous
throughout this section of the state
for the part he played in the numer-
Gus feuds that have disrupted Breath
lift county for years, was shot from
ambush early today and 1t is peleVed
is fatally wounded at his home IN
Charlottesville. sixteen miles from
Jackson.
Callahan had swept out his store
preparatory to opening for the day and
was brushing the refuse from the 'front.'
door when the shot was fired. The bail
took effect in the left side of his abdo-
men. Two doctors left early for
Charlottesville.
Blood hounds were put on the tfall
of the assassin, who hid behind a pile
of coal to fire the shot. Excitement is
intense over the shooting.
Feared Assassin's Bullet
Callahan was in Jackson Saturday
in attendance upon court, a warrant
having been served upon him for mali
cious shooting in family AFFAIR some
time ago. His case was continued and
he at once left Jackson. telling one or
two friends that lately he was fearful
of his life
+. 1t is reported that the immediate
cause for the shooting of former Sher-
if Callahan was dispute over the
management of church he built ana
of which he is deacon at Crocketts~
vile.
callahan was the chief lieutenant Of
Judge James Hargis, who was shot and
killed by his son, Beech Hargis, the
latter having received a life sentence
Judge Hargis several years ago APP
pointed Callahan sheriff of Breathitt
county, and the enemies of the Hargls
clan claimed that they were being pei
secuted lf
Six years ago Attorney j. B. Marcum
was shot and killed in Jackson and
Callahan and Hargis were arrested.
Many of the members of the Hargis
clan had removed from Breathitt coun-
ty, and it was believed the feud had
ended.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
A Notable Achievement.


George A. Lehnert. a Colbert Coun-
~ farmer, succeeded in capturing
three of the prizes at the recent farm
contest. the result of which is given
in The Standards news columns to-
day.
prize for corn hay and potatoes, each.
the total amount of the prizes being
$3.50. His record IN corn production
sounds like a fairy story. or some
thing equally incredulous: but 1t Is.
nevertheless. a fact. that. on one acre
OF Colbert County land. he produced
1l2 bushels of corn. an achievement
that emphasizes what The Standard
has repeatedly \said--there is no bet
ter farming land to be found any.
where than here in the Tennessee
From one acre. Mr.. Lehnert har-
vested 1910 pounds, or more than six
tons. of hay, while. under his skill
ful. Intelligent system Of farming, one
acre was made to yield Ss1 bushels OF
There is a lesson in these figures
that should imAress itself upon our
farmers. What Mr.. Lehnert has done
others may do. BY the adoption of
modern methods. there is no reason
why our farmers should not become
The Standard congratulates Mr.
Iehnert upon the good record he has
made. It will prove not only an in
centive and an Inspiration to his fell
low aEriculturalists, but is a spien-
aid advertisement for our county and
the possibilities OF its soil.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
HARMoN's EVIDENCE.

New York Evening Post.
Not long ago. an Ohio Democratic
committeeman walled in this city
over tre-lost opportunities of Govern
or Harmon. With Republicans still in
'appointive Offices all over the State.
and hungry politicians of his own par
ty unfed. what hope could there be for
Democrats in the elections OF next
year. or what chance that he could
control the delegation of Ohio in the
next national convention. But the
people of Ohio have Just found out
how their Governor has been using
his time The grafters who have been
filling their purses and paying politi-
cal debts through the manipulation OF
State funds have discovered In Gov.
ernor Harmon an official whom they
can neither deceive nor Brighten, He
now. has in his office safe iGcriminat
ing documents which legislative COM
mittees had been powerless to un-
earth, showing the loan of State funds
carried on the books as in the vaults
OF the Treasurers office. the payment
of private commissions to officials pur-
chasing supplies for the State. and
other frauds upon the people. No
Ohio Republican with a reputation 10
preserve is any longer scotfng at the
demand for complete exposure of re-
cent Republican administrations. To
carry the State against Governor Har-
mon in 1910 would be no easy task
under the best circumstance. but to
90 into the campaign under the bur-
den either of a denial of the frauds
which he has established or of an at
tempt to impede further disclosures
would mean the sure sacrifice of Re-
publican hopes In Ohio for years to
come.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

1t she thought her eyes were deceiv-
the pumpkin moved q little way, stop
ped and then turned in another direc-
ton. She watched this object for some
time and told one of her neighbors.
The two went toward the ambulating
.pAfnpkin and srne1led skunk. The
mystery was solved, but the two women
did not dare go nearer to the moving
vegetable, but called a man, who
knocked the pumpkin over and found
q polecat The skunk had crawled I'M
der the pumpkin, stuck his head into
hole in 1t, and was unable to extri-
cate himself from 1t, and had walked
off as best he could with the pumpkin
on his back.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
THE PRESIDENTIAL STATES.
washington Post.

Washington Post.
The Post recently quoted Mr.. Key
ser. of Pennsylvania, as saying that
New York can claim as many Presi-
dents as Virginia, and that Ohio is
only one short of Virginia. The rec
ord as to Presidents is: Virginia, s.
Washington. Jefferson, Madison. Mon
roe. Tyler. S6 years. New York: b.
Van Buren,. Fillmore, Arthur. Cleye-
land. Roosevelt. rs years; Ohio 5-Wil-
liam Henry Harrison, Hayes. Garfield,
Mckinley, Taft, 10 years and month.
at theSen of Taft's term: Tennessee.
3-Jaekson. Polk and Johnson. 10
2-John Adams and John Quincy
Adams. years: Illinois, Lincoln
and Grant. IL years and / month;
Louisiana, Taylor. ] year: New Hamp-
shire. Pierce. years; Pennsylvania,
min Harrison. wears.
OF VirEinia's Ave Presidents. four
were elected as such. Tyler serving
out Harrison's term. All Of Ohio's i've
OF New York's i've only three were
chosen by the people for that office.
the other two succeeding on the death
of the President, Johnson, one OF
President only. So Ohio has had more
elected Presidents than any other
State. All of Virginia's Presidents ex-
cept Tyler were chosen for two terms:
only one OF those OF OHIO was elected
the second time. and only one from
New York. Lincoln and Grant. of II.
linois. were twice elected.
OF Vice Presidents. New York has
furnished ten. five of whom became
President, two by election and three
by succession. Massachusetts furnish
ed three. Virginia two, Indiana three.
Kentucky two, and South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Alabama, Maine. Ten
nessee, Illinois and New Jersey, one
each. Five Presidents have died in
ONCE. three by the hands of an assas-
sin. Six Vice Presidents. Clinton. Ger
ry, King, Wilson, Hendricks and Ho-
bart, died in Office. The oath of once
to Mr.. King was administered~+n Cuba
by special Commission. Gerry died
suddenly In his carriage while riding
down Pennsylvania Avenue on his way
to the CApitol.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

Louisville Courier-Journal.
a Paris. KY. special says the .ss, farm s,n.
to organize farm improvement
league. The object is to interest
farmers in making their premises at
tractive; to induce them to keep build
cleartof weeds and brush. and land in
a high state OF cultivation.
A great deal could be. accomplished
in this way by organization, and II Is
to be hoped the Bourbon County farm
ers will be so successful~fn arousing
spirit of Improvement that II will
spread to other sections of the State.
A good many farms are sorely e.eg-
lected, to the detriment of the farm
and to-the cost of the owner. al
IT, Farmers might very profitabiy put
In some of their spare time In improv-
ing the appearance Of their fences
and buildings. There are some land
their property and look closely after
its condition, but majority of them
do not.
time and money judiciously spent in
identification work wonders. Nor does
It require a great deal of time or a
large amount OF money to keep farm
IN good order, provided attention y
given at the right season and in the
right way A rundown farm is an
eye-SOT6 anu iouulfSo AtAu&fA sNbeA W
be brought hack to status where IT.
will be pleasing and attractive to the
passing beholder. II 1t is not allowed
to deteriorate In the first place the
task of keeping 1t in(order is great
ly simplified.
II is not to be expected that farm
may be transformed into bed of
roses or a bower OF beauty, or'that 1t
may be made as delightful to the eye
as a well-kept city lawn. but little
tIn,atxy attantiop IN details may add re-
markably to its general attractive
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
eastern Land values.

"A recent issue of The Wall Street
Journal comments upon the rise which
has been noted IN the value of East
ern farm land. and 1t will not be sur
prising II the attention of investors
shall be turned In that direction as
strongly as toward the South and
West
few years ago there was common
complaint in New York ss we'll as in
New England on account of the aban-
donment ofiarms and the inability OF
the owners to obtain anything like an
adequate revenue from them. But II
is probable that in the near future
little OF this will be heard.
The high price of farm products as
well as Of Western land is having the
natural effect of forcing men to recog
nize that with proper management an
eastern farmer should find agricult
ure profitable Industries. Proximity to
large markets suggests that the lack
NJ profit in Eastern farming has been
due in some measure to bad manage
ment or lack of industry, and II the
future shows this to be true. Eastern
farm values will continue to advance
The old States may then regain some
of their lost prestige as contributors
to the country's agricultural wealth
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

Is organised baseball form Of
peonage? The answer OF wfkss-
Barre (Pa.) court to the FORMAL charge
that 1t ID win have special interest
to the devotees Of the sport. and there
are a million or two Americans Who
contribute their money to maintain
Ing professional baseball.
1t would seem at hrst glance that
II there ever was case of peonaEs
II is in the case Of the professional
baseball player who Is sold to club
for $500 or $1,000. and who - prohib.
tied from making a living. unless he
delivers himself and thus confirms the
sale. In no. other business or occups
tion Is there such queer custom. as
that which, prevails in baseball. and
under which a club owner sells OF
buys players. who must play for their
new owners or cease to earn Twins
Baseball has become q business OF
gigantic proportions. There are two
or three players in the country who
make more than $4,000 year in their
six months of work. There are two
or three more who make $4,000 =
year and there are perhaps a dozen
who make more than the $500 year
salary of United States Senator who
is supposed to work twelve months
for his pay. So great has the busi-
ness become that In each of three of
the baseball parks Of the country
more than a million dollars is invest.
ed. This business is based upon ths
absolute power the magnates have
over the players. OF course there are
tribunals to which player can appeal
when he feels that he is treated un
fairly, but II he is "signed" by q club
he must play with that club or quit
the business. 1t may happen. as It
frequently does. that club owner
sells a player to another club located
In city to which the player does not
want to go, and In which he does not
want to play. II he refuses to 20 he
is deprived OF his means OF earning !
livelihood.
Like all issues this question has two
sides, however. A club owner may
have thousands of dollars invested In
club ana In plant for ball playing.
The attendance at the game and his
success depends upon the work Of two
or three good players. These players
might leave him In q night and cause
him to lose every dollar he had put in
the business.
The alleged .'peonage" custom which
has grown into a baseball law was
developed by costly experience wit
irresponsible, players. The owners Of
BAN clubs were ruined in a night by
the assertions of the players upon
whom they depended. United action
has now secured a baseball law, ac-
knowledged by all men in organized
baseball, under which ball player
can be made TO keep contract. which
is not hard. but under which the play
er can be sold with or without his
consent to another club. which is hard
The Pennsylvania court now has the
question of deciding whether this Gus
tom is or is not peonage.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

TO work 81. and II there IL no evidence
of foul air they may be safe. Some
times they know there u some gas
In the mine but think Il is not In
sufhcient quantity to be DANGEROUS.
and they go on, In fancied security
until the gas accumulates to such an
extent that IRE or light Is hasardous;
even striking match may cause an
explosion. 1t sometimes happens, also.
that miners working in perfectly pure
air will Unexpectedly break through
into hidden reservoir Of fire-dsmp
and then II is all over. An explosion
Follows with its harvest Of death and
ruin
And 80 It comes about that the
business Of coal mining is one of con-
slant and increasing peril. AS the
surface mines are exhausted It be-
comes necessary TO go further into
the bowels of the earth and every adj
ditionai yard Of descent and penetra-
tion adds to the danger and hazard.
whether It is possible to guard
against these frequent disasters is. we
repeat. a question that may well APP
peal to humanity in general. What
ever can be done by human means to
prevent mine disasters should be done
in the interest of common humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
AMERICAS OLDEST DWELLING.
Was Begun by DE Soto I'm 1888 Z
Protect Havana from Pirates.

Was Begun by De Soto I'm 1888 to
Protect Havana from Pirates.
Havana Post.
Facing the Plaza de Armas. be-
tween the Senate building. when the
advisors commission is in session, and
the Havana post Office, Is LaFuerza
(the fort) 1t is the oldest Inhabited
building In the Western Hemisphere.
other forts and some converts In San
to Domingo antedate 1t. buts they are
broken ruins now. while La Fuerza
Is of service still as a storehouse and
barracks for the Rural Guards.
Work on La Fuerza was begun
Governor of Cuba-the same who ex-
plored the Mississippi Valley and
found his grave in thesdark waters OF
its great river. It was built to pro-
tect Havana against pi,Ssttes. 1T II was vas
royal order went forth that 1t should
be saluted by war ships entering
thereafter. 1t was for years the off,
clal residence Of the captains and gen
erals of the island.
When. i'm 1889, De Soto sailed away
to explore the unknown to the north
ward, he left in command his bride.
the Lady Isabella Bobadilla. like her
mother. a woman woman Of char character s,, ang
Judgment and appearance" For four
years she awaited his return. scan
ming the sea. they say. from win
dow in the tower. when at last the
remnants ~ her. husbands armada re-
turned to tell her of his fate, her
heart broke and she died.
The fort Is duadriletaral, having q
bastion at each of the corners. 1t Is
twenty five yards in height; the walls
are double and the terrepleins are
supported on arches. 1t was surround
ed by a deep moat. The bell in the
tower used to sound the hours through
the day and night and was rung by
the sentinel always posted there to
alarm the town of the approach of a
hostile sail. The bronze figure of the
indian girl on the tower. holding a
cross and facing the gulf is known
to sailors of the world as La Ha-
bana," and they have carried, her fame
into every sea.
Entrance is by way OF a walk
which has replaced the old draw
bridge. At one side and Immediately
opposite the arched entry are dun
geons worth seeing.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
A GreetinE.


Greene County Democrat
we believe that Greene County has
as good and diversified soil as any
county in the State and there is no
reason why she should not have as
diversified crops.
Hale is going to plant wheat in
ouite a large quantity this year. WhY
cannot Greene do so? Revive tho
Sipsey Mills of which We have so Of
Pecans flourish in all parts OF the
county, and that IL sure crop with
no extra labor.
one county in Mississippi shipped
. zoo gallons OF home made molaRses
~ Illinois this year. Can Greene
reiae and sell 1t at rs cents a gallon ?
Let us quit buying everything we
eat and wear from other sections and
at least raise necessities at home
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

- ktNS ~
jokes.
There's one thing ] thought Iknew
but 5ind !. d9 sdl.s know said Topmy.
Father r pri s UP his ears, as It
something lis make thinks is funny.
That explains It. then. Today. 4
had a lot of women here and they
mans mans mind is always on clothes.
When she amt talking through her
hat she's laughing up her sleeve: But
no one laughed, and 4 read that one.
III / were to say when came home
from visiting the cemetery that had
returned from the dead, that would be
4. - that q practical , e. 5 sokss d,...
what is a practical joker"
IF sbo Sa m0n seo 'S for S Ssaoss snf
gave her all she wanted"
"Do you like practical jokes?.
mot when they're as practical as
sDoes every one like jokes?"
"Few people do. Most people think
1t Is mare blessed to give than TO re-
ceive." .o,.
~There are someSwho can't. Editors.
for instance. rarely take JOKE.
Does any one make money from
rha writing OF iokes?"
' sonIy the paper makers and the pos
tai department of the government
Must q joke be funny to be joker"
E-~>"Few arc"
mot exactly. But IL you refer to
sexton as a man OF grave cares son~
might think you Intended to be 1ocu-
rs "a pun like a joker?
"Nothing at all. A man who makes
a Joke is an idiot; whereas man VINO
makes a pun is criminal.
thinks are jokes Is a funny fellow :.
mo; 1t Is serious business with MIN:
.Hos has his ups and downs, them
Yes; he gets up courage d 70 Mri hv
you're not referring to the man
who writes the column in the papers
every .day7 Surely life Is one JOKE
VIZ" No. II isn't. He thinks he's a hu-
morjst, but he's pessimtsI."
"Isn't Joke writing healthy?"
Not when You're caught at IT,"
Can a man write Jokes and still be
sYou forget. Tommy. that our re- Re-.
marks are intended for publication
and that I have many friends who
write. Besides, I sometimes get on a
Joke or two myself"
His Christmas Smile.
/.
His Christmas smile SO sunny
Seemed to even melt the snow,
An twas Just like jinglin' money
Everywhere that he would go.
That was why we loved him,
For he made this life worth while.
An he seemed just like the sunshine
With his Christmas smile.
II.
Hts Christmas smile so pleasin'
Made the little children dance.
An ola Trouble felt Its teasin'
TIL to the woods he'd prance.
That was why we loved him
An, he seemed Just like the sunshine
with his Christmas smile.
PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
Rabbit Answers Prayer.

New York World.
Having gone through the hunting
season without tasting a rabbit stew,
of which she is particularly fond
Mrs. Mary Coleman, of Morgantown,
near here. yesterday prayed that her
appetite for rabbit might be APP
peased. and as she has great faith In
prayer she waited hopefully all morn
Ing for some hunter friend to bring
one
At dinner time the rabbit had not
come, and she went into the cellar
for potatoes. In the potato bin sat
a rabbit too frightened to run. and one
blow with a stick killed It. Mrs.
Coleman says she never ate a better
ataW
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

Van Nordens Magazine.
Experts of many countries are mar
Yelling at the great roads which the
United States Government has con-
structed and is now constructing on the
reclamation projects in the far West
ern States and Territories. More than
500 miles of the most excellent high
ways that II is possible Tor many TO
produce have been completed ana are
in daily use. These, Of course. do not
include the by-roads leading to many
farms or the many other roads being
used for the time being until the mac
adamized kind can be built.
The dry farmers have had good
horses and vehicles since the reclama :.
tton work began seven years ago, and
these good roads are enabling them to
haul their products to the towns and
railroad stations-and to send their
children to school. They regard them
as the most important OF ell aids to
progress and prosperity. Many Of these
pioneers own automobiles, and II Is no
Unusual sight to see. on S|trudays or
sundays, a dozen or more n1otorcars OF
the latest designs in any of the towns
of the older projects. 1t is interesting
TO note that Uncle Sam has only fairly
begun the building OF roads In this
newly developed country, and that In
verv few years the mileage Will be
reckoned in thousands where II is now
counted in hundreds.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

Navy Department would undertake the
work but cannot without Congress
sional authorization. Why Congress
should hesitate. no one can explain.
encourages the Spaniards to say that
we are afraid that an examination OF
the wreck would show that the expio-
sion was inside. Now 1t is certain
that Americans are not afraid of the
truth. whatever 1t may be. The. off,
GERS of the Navy are not afraid of the
truth On the contrary, they have been
most urgent that this occasion of We
proach should be removed. The House
ought to take up Mr.. Suffers bill at
the earliest opportunity and pass 1t
without delay. National self-respect
demands It
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21

In the old times there was saying
that ran about this way: Raise more
cotton to buy more niggers, and buy
more niggers to raise more cotton"
That was the way the big planters
were said to run their plantations. and
In some quarters something of the
same process seems to be popular now.
merely substituting the word mules"
for 'niggers."