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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

A man may win an election by put
ting up strong talk, but after he gets
into office he is generally judged by
what he does not what he says he will
DO
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

Wife Says Lennp Knocked Her Down.
ST. Louis, Feb. BIN an amended
petition, Mrs. Lillian Handlan-Lemp
who is suing William J. Lemp for di-
vorce, charges that in November, 1904
her husband Knocked her down ard
severely bruised her.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
RARE HONOR FOR TAFT
Will Be Made Mason cat Sight" by
Ohio Grand Lodue

Cincinnati. O., Feb. 3.-President-
Elect Taft will come to Cincinnati on
Feb IS to receive the rare honor of
being made a Mason at sight.
The Ohio grand lodge announced
that Mr. Taft had accepted and that
the grand master will convene dis
tinguished company of Masons in the
Scottish Rite cathedral for the event.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
DR.. BRAYFIELD CLEARED
Charges That He Caused Death of Par
IRISH Are Dismissed,

Benton, ILL.,, Feb. 3.-Dr. B. F. Bray
field was cleared of the charge of muir
der States Attorney Hickman dis
missed the case
DR.. Brayfeld was accused of causing
the death Of. Reuben Parrish, an Illi-
.nois Central station agent at Mulkey-
town
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

7. H. Nobel Of Sturgeon Bay, spent
Monday evening in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
LOWER DAM AT GATUN

Engineers Think Change Would Save
Expense In Construction.
Panama, Feb. 3.-William H. Taft,
accompanied by Lieutenant iColonel
Goethals, the chief engineer of the
canal, and the special engineers pro
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
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STOPPED PANIC
Financier Gives Inside" OF
Steel Ilerger.
NAMES CT THOSE SAVED

List Includes Milionaires j. e. Duke
and j. w. Gases-Admission Made
That Tennessee Company After Pro-
posed improvements Gould Re Made
Would Have Eeen able to Supply a
Product Cheaper Than Anything On
the Market.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14
RAMSEY Is AFTER THE
WEST END TIGERS
MADE SPECIAL TRIP SATURDAY
NIGHT TO THEIR PLACES.
Secured . Number Of Guns, Some
Booze and Scared Them From
noins Business.

Sheriff Ramsey, in company with a
number OF deputies. took in certain
sections in the western part OF the
county on Saturday night in an en-
deavor to run down" number Of the
supposedly bling tigers that are said
to exist In that section.
For several weeks reports have been
coming to the sheriff that any number
of tigers" were in full running order.
and that untold Of gambling. fights
and the like we're in progress each Sat
urday and Sunday in the section Wis
tied.
While they found the booze, they
could not find anyone that claimed It.
and as a consequence could make no
arrests, but they also found a number
OF pistols which were thrown away, af-
ter they had invaded the territory. but
only succeeded in making two arrests.
1t seems that all OF the places be-
ing closely connected 1t was an easy
matter for them to spread the news
upon the arrival Of the officers and
notify all, 50 they could not be caught
up with IN their disregard Of the law.
A number Of skin" games were dis
turbed and gambling houses raided,
but the inmates made good their es-
cape before the arrival OF the officers
on the scene.
There has been so much trouble In
Jonesyille. Tioga and the camps
in that section that the sheriff will
take extra precautIon in the future and
see II the same cannot be stopped
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14
LETTER TO L. NJ. MCCORMICK,
Gainesville. Florida.

Dear Sir: Here's the one great big
fact in paint:
Every job painted Deyoe takes less
gallons than any other paint.
II any one doubts this statement
here's the proof;
He may paint half his job Devoe, the
other half whatever paint he likes. II
the Deyoe half does not take less gal
Ions and cost less money for both
paint and labor, no pay.
Yours truly,
SO F. w. DEvoE & co.
P.s; The Gainesville Hardware Co
sell our paint.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14
a eanquet

Spread before you would DO YOU no
good II you couldn't cat. What good
can food do a child when rs soon as
Il enters It's stomach Il is eaten by
worms That's the reason your baby
IS ailing. cross, pasty.iaced and thin
Give It Whites Cream yermifuge Il
viii expel the worms and act as tonic
for the child. Sold BY W N Johnson
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14
Yellowstone Bourbon.
DC Roone, EKpress Pald.

send Us q
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14

From Tuesdays Daily Sun;
Sheriff Ramsey and Deputy Bruton
arrested two negroes on Saturday
night charged with carrying concealed
weapons. They found the pistols upon
them and they are now confined in
jail to await a preliminary hearing
which will be had before Judge Ma.
son. James and John Long we're their
names aud they come from Jonesville.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14
pleasant surprise Party.
Ion - I'm sun:

From Tuesdays Daily Sun;
Quite a number OF the little friends
ot Miss Louise Provitt surprised her
with a birthday party on last satur
DAY afternoon. Il being the sixth ami
versary OF the little hostess. She
proved adequate to the occasion. and
all len wishing Tor her many more
such pleasant occasIons
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14

indispersable-Theks are some sim.
pie remedies Indispensable In every
family. Among these, the experience
10 years assures us. should Be record-
"a Perry Davis Painkiiler For both
internal and external application We
have found Ia of great value, especial,
~ can We recommend 10 for colds.
Rheumatism. OF ncsh woands Chris.
t.an Fra
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14

MAY an be very well 20 Car as The
trusts are concerned but not when
Il comes % chlls and fever and ma
larla. Quit the Quipine and take n
real cure Billiards. Herbine, Con.
tslns no harmful drugs and Is a. Ger.
tain ~ taxes, II q doesn't cure. ycu
set your mOnoy hack. Sold by W. s.
Johnson.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14
1885 PENSIONERS
OF UNCLE SAM OVER so
Mrs. Sparkman Of Florida Leads the List With liz
Years to Her Credit.

deIphia. His records show that he
was born in Baltimore, Sept. %. 1903,
which was in the first administration
OF Thomas Jefferson.
The last remaining veterans Of all
four wars have passed the century
mark. Daniel F. Brakeman, the final
survivor OF the Revolutionary War,
died az Freedom, Cattaraagus county.
N. Y, April s; 1869, aged 100 years,
months and days. and Hiram Crook
OF Ava, N. Y, the last surviving pen
stoned soldier OF the War Of 1912, was
1O5 years and 16 days old when finally
mustered out by the Great Commander
on May 10. 1905
cav Our Four Great Wars.
Brakeman, who Is remembered by
many men stllI young today, was
born back In 1853, when we were still
content with the yoke of England. He
was lad Of seventeen when independ-
ence was declared and when the Lib
erty Bell proclaimed the freedom Of
the land When the War OF 1912
broke out he was middle-aged man
of fifty-three, considered too old for
active service aud when the Mexican
War was fought he was an aged man
OF eighty-seyen. looked upon by his
neIghbors as ready for the grave. Yet
he lived twenty-five years more. and
upon his hundredth birthday the Civil
War had not yet come. When It's FIRST
guns were heard he was 1872, and No
one dreamed that he would see its
end. But still he fought the last foe
as tenaciously as. under the command
OF Washington, he had battled against
the FIRST enemy and when Lee surren-
dered he was nearing 100.
Crook also saw four Of our wars be-
gun and ended. Having been born In
1890. he was only fourteen when he
finished his service in the second
struggle with Britain. He was forty
six at the time of the Mexican War.
sixty-one when Sumter was fred on,
and ninety-eight when Dewey ran the
gauntlet Of Manila Bay.
TWO Real Daughters Of Revolution.
Our most interesting class OF pen
sionera now alive. II we exclude the
centenarlans already described. are
our two remaining daughters OF Revo-
llutlonary soldiers, whom Congress has
pensloued by special act, These are
Mrs. Phoebe NJ. Wooley Painter OF
Biookheld. ~ ". and Mrs, Sarah c.
Hurlbutt of Little Marsh, Pa
The other surviving real Daughter
Of the Revelation, Mrs. Hurlbutt. Is
lnlnety-one. and lives with her son, p,
G. Hurlhutt She IL the daughter Of
Elijah Weeks, who served In a Massa-
chusetts company during the great
struggle Tor Independence These two
old ladies are our nearest CONNECTING
links with the great event IN which
our republic was conceived and Il
should pay them homage as long as
they live.
The woman who linked The thrllllne
days OF i176 with our present decade
% alrshlps aud automobiles was Mrs
ESTHER sumner Damon, a FIRST cousin
lof former United States Senator
lCharles sumner During the last
Years OF her life she subsisted on q
pension OF SIC per moath allowed hei
by Congress. bat a year before hoi
death this was doubled
About zoo widows Of the War 81
1919 are now living
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14

Armon johnson. IA ola negro who
had resided IN tho Lacrosse section
Tor the past foFu.hvc years died AZ
hls homo there on last Friday TIE
vas an industrious snd hard-worklnE
negro and honest 10 hls dealings
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Oct. H.
There is an old saying that nothing
prolongs longevity like a pension.
Upon the Government records three
of our pensioners are over one hun.
dred, 256 are In the ninetIes and ~
1876 are In their eighties.
Our centenarian pensloner claiming
the greatest age IL Mrs Phoebe Il.
sparkman OF Fairfield, Fla: In a
sworn petition accompanying special
bill in Congress which IN January,
1907, increased her pension to si2 per
month, she set forth that she was then
10 years old. which would make her
112 this year. She Is pensioned as a
soldiers widow her husband. Henry
sparRman, having served IN the Flor
ida Indian war OF 1SS9-4O, as private
ia Captain divers company. First
Regiment, Florida Mounted Militia.
IN dictated statement which Mrs.
sparkman made some time ago she
says;
81 was brought by my parents to
this State (FlorldaJ when ] was eight
years old from Georgia, and settled
IN what Is now known as Gainesville,
in Alachua county, Fla. OF course It
was wild country at that time In
dians were all around US
I'VE lived in camps made Of palmet-
TO blades and pine tops. same as In
dlans. ! was married at the age OF
twenty-five, on the site above stated.
Az the uprising OF the Indians my hus-
band was mustered into the service
and served through the war We still
lived at Gainesville when the war was
over and raised a family Of Eve chill
dren. My husband died in Gainesville.
and I with my family moved to Her
nando county, IN South Florida. the
day after my husband was buried"
Healthy at Near III.
Our next Oldest pensioner. according
20 his claim, is Henry Dorman, Of Lib
eral. Mo-, who served In the Civil War
Ia Company +, Seventh Michigan Cav
airy. In pension application made
early IN 1907 ne stated that be was
born January 10, 1893, which would
make him almost year old when
George Washington died, and ITO years
and months old at the present time.
Although he does not boast with Mira.
gparkman. Of having lived under the
administration Of every President Of
the United States, he claims to have
been contemporary with every man
who has held that Office, According
20 his statement OF his age. he was
SO at the time OF the outbreak Of the
Civil War, IN which he fought.
Claims 1903 Years.
The third pensloner claiming 10 be
eentenarlan ls Micajah Wise OF
beaver Brook. N. ". who says he Is
i0S years Of age. he served In Com
pany q. One Hundred and Forty-arsl
Pennsylvania Infantry. In June Of this
year he was reported TO be "halo and
hearty"
A fourth centenarlan veteran OF our
wars-who ls not strictly speaking, q
pensioner. but a sailor on the retired
list OF the regular navy-ls william
Macabee. who has lust celebrated hil
one hundredta birthday anniversary Al
the United states Naval Homo. Phlla
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-14

Impure blood runs yoa aowa-makes
yOa an easy victim fof organic tis.
eases BurtoSk Blood Rit,ers pufioes
ne biooa-eeres the causc-tcllds
yoa ~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03
o,wo HOURS MORE OF DAY,
LIGHT,

Agitation is made among Uhe
workers of the North to nave "a
business begin two hours Garner
during the summer months, as
is done in England. In other
words where Office hours are
from T a. m. to 5 p. m, they are
changed from 5 a. m to . p H.
IN this way the hours usually de-
voted to sleep or Longing may
be given to a mans work when /
he is freshest and brightest, anu
on the other hand, at those not
hours when languor besets one
and business drags, the time
can be given to rest and recre'
alton.
1t has already been found prac
ticable. Business has benefited
by the freshness men BRING u
their work, and men in turn nave
enjoyed their extra hours OF rec
reation during daylight.
It appeals as practical propo
sition for Southern people, ii 10
no other reason than to foste
the custom of early rising, whlc'
is not distinctively a SOuther
! virtue. If the agriculturiStS az
excepted, and all laborers' tn
= majority of the people rise Iat'
! The early bird of whose proves
so much is heard has never a
u pealed as an example to the soH
Z of the South. Rather, they haN
Il taken warming by the awful fa'
Il of the early worm, Therefore
5 will take some little time for tn
u plan of earlier business hours
s. be adopted by them.
" Bqt they will be better {
u when they do.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03

swamps las the author q0O'eO
implies) to make them :. .no az.
ticle so we'll hits off the SITUATION
in Louisiana, thatit will bear quo u,
tation and prove a knowing smlie NE,
although not written in eSpecl8I
reference to this state;
Good roads have even peel
made a political issue; for can
| didates have found that a plat
form having highway improve
ment for it's single plank is al
open sesame to office and honor
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03
LOUISIANA MALIGNED.

In the course of an article in
the Technical World for August,
1908, entitled "Roadless America
in Transformation, there seems
to be fair exposition Of the situa-
ton, every where, except in
Louisiana. Our State seems to
be the SpOrtof inaccurate author
ship. A recent book designed
for study in the schools gravely
stated that New Orleans was
subject to yearly inundation from
the Mississippi at flood time.
And now the Technical World,
which should know better, states:
Louisiana, mortified over hay
ing lost the Gliden automobile
tour on account of its frightful
roads, has set to work with
energy to remedy it's shortcom-
ings. The first road is to con.
meet New Orleans through a one
hundred and twenty-five mile
stretch of country, now too soft
for wheeled vehicles, yet not
quite thin enough for boats"
This will be news to even the
most industrious reader of fact
and fiction. 1t might be taken
for mere pleasantly, were there
any other signs of wit or humor
in the article. But it is other
wise grave throughout. AS a
matter of fact, the roads through
the sugar plantations in that sec,
ton are the best, taken as
whole, in Louisiana. The only
CLEAN of'truth in the paragraph
is due to the talk Of an electric
road between the capital and the
metropolis. Doubtless there will
be. many good roads IN Louisiana
soon, and without draining
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03

1t transpireS that Elsie Sigel
was not entirely guiltless in her
attitude to her Cinnamon pupils,
as she was writing love-letters to
two of them. 1t is probable her
murderer had discovered this
and therefore revenged himself.
Many another girl has done the
same thing-played with the af-
fections of two men-but they
were American gentlemen, not
Orientals with avery light veneer
of Christianity. That such girls
escape without harm to them
selves does not make such con
duct less reprehensible.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03
FOR CAMP ONWARD.

a movement is on foot in New
Orleans to establish a summer
home over the lake to give poor
children in the city a few weeks
outing under the pines and near
tI,e sea. Miss McMain, whose
practical management Of Kings
lev House, the settlement work
done by Christ Church, is well,
known, is at the head. 1t Will
be called Camp Onward and
will be carried out on the self
government plan that she has 50
successfully introduced at Kings
ley House. About two Thousand
dollars will be required to eStaO-
Iish the camp and conduct II
during this summer. A suitable
place has been secured at Lewis
burg. 1t addition to donations
of money, different schemes are
employed for raising funds
Generous owners Of automobiles
are lending their machines to be
rented out, ) cents a seat for {
ride. In spite Of all the tunC
grows slowly.
The importance Of this work
the getting Of sick and ailing
children out of the city for ever
a short while. cannot be queS
toned. Several years ago, the
plan was made to give q number
of orphans from one Of the CIT!
asylum8 an outing IN west Fell
ciana. but illness in the orphans
home caused the plan to faI
through. Meanwhile some o
the timid had begun to fear tn
bringing-in of disease by the cit,
youngsters. so that the plan ha
never been preached since
Those persons. to whom the ide
appealed before, should WELDON
the opportunity that Camp Or
" ward gives them to do good b
proxy.
Any contribution hOweVe
small will help some child to
little fresh air; five dollars wi
pay for a week. We will gladl
receive, announce and fOrwar
any donations for this noble pu
pose. Send them in at one,
please.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03

The Elsie Sigel murder is lead.
ing the police of New York to
clean out Chinatown, where it is
asserted that many white women
are held in a bondage of vice
worse than death, 1t is a singu-
lar fact that no. reform can be
worked, except after the she'd
ding of blood. 1t takes a great
tragedy TO arouse people as to
horrors before their very eyes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03

DR.. W. R. Dodson, director OF
the State experiment station,
has taken up the subject of Sc,
curing the raising of more corn
in Louisiana, and good exhibits
of corn at the State Fair to be
held held in s.hAreyePorS Fst Of
the premiums offered will APP
pear shortly. IA r......,,l ii =.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03
An Average Crop.

Just at this time we frequently
hear people, when talking about
the outlook for the present cot
ton crop, use such expressions
as whole crop, ""half CROP and
average crop" For the benefit
of our readers who would like to
know, we give the yield for the
past five years, in East and West
Feliciana Parishes, so that they
may use exact figures in making
estimates on the crop of 1909.
In West Feliciana, the crops
for 1904 was 22,497 bales; in 1905,
1850 bales; in 1906, 1892 bales
In 1907, 1854 bales; and in 1908
1926 bales. For the past five
years, therefore, the average
yield was 1922 bales, or nearly
a thousand bales more than the
crop of 1906 all a.,wt'
The East Felicianat crop fol-
1904 was 1854 bales; in 1905,
1923 bales; in 1906, 3D,25S bales
in 1907, 26,847 bales; in 1908, "a,
ga jfrl bales. So it is seen that the
average yield in. East Felicians
for the last five years is q, l9e
bales, 351 bales more than the
crop Of 1907, a. .aT l.l tr"
These figures are taken from
| a government bulletin.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03
A LITTkE TASTE OF QHICKBN

- - ~ - ~.
No Democrat but will freely
admit that to vote in favor OF any
measure for a protective tariff is
not in accordance with the sound
dogma Of the party. But there
have been few Democrats IN Con:
greSs, who, at one time or anoth'
er, have not been forced to re-
cant this Democratic principle,
when it applies to home needs.
Louisiana Democrats have GER
tainly done so, and they are now
pointing to the fact that William
Jennings Bryan. Snce did the
same thing himself, notwith,
standing his present stFictupes
on the course OF Southern Demo
Gratis in voting for protection.
Tariff for revenue is q sound
principle of economics and we
believe that if once put into prac
tice, it would prove itself correct
But there is no present chance
of doing it, and there is this
much to be said for Democrats
who yots with protectionists ii
support Of new industries al
hOme:-Democrats Of the SOutl
have seen the protected indus
tries of the North wax and grow
| fat, while here at home no devel
Opment was going on, and there
fore no industries needing pro
lection. Now that development
has begun, and new enterprise!
are springing up in all parts O
the South, it is hard, our Con
| gresham think, that since pro
lection Is the rule, that thes'
later industries should get moth
: ing. Something like the maj
who averred that he had nevej
tasted the breast of a chicken
He was brought up under tn
old school rule of the best o
everything for the older people
so his parents got the breast
= Now, under the new rule of tn
best for the children, the chi
dren got the breast, And h
had never tasted 1t.
Southern Democrats are ask
ing for an untried taste of chick
en-,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03

The following literary gem ap
pears in a late New Orleans pa
per: "A delightful barbecue was
given here under the auspices Of
the Confederate dead, about sew
enty of whom rest in the GENE
terry here" The dead giving &
barbecue is something new un
dor the s,Irt i 4un4 All ~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-03

The boat trip Of the members
of the Baton Rouge Board of
Trade to Morgan City, La. by
way of the locks of Plaquemine
is an object lesson of how the
great, rich Teche country is
thus brought nearer to this en-,
tire section of country.