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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-04-24

The interests" which blocked
needed Legislation Ia the last sss-
sion OF the assembly have been
fond OF Offering The excuse that
the people didn't want the laws in
question, anyway. The people
didn't want direct primary, nor the
initiative and referendum, nor the
headless ballot. nor the bank guar.
anty. No. sir. The people loved
the boss. and kept his command.
msnts, and but for the agitation"
of Q few, there would b no need
of elections At all.-NoWo.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-04-24

Charles Galbrsath returned from
Dsavsf Wednesday. Hs said Il
showed oil day Tuesday In the big
city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
ESTIMATE.

Estimate Of che expenditures Of
the town of Athens for the fiscal year
1909-'1O.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

He knows the quick way to all
hearts and under his leadership
laughing or crying, YOU feel reli-
gious. Marshal CTeXas) Daily
News.
At Grace church tonight.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

Terry Burton. telegraph operator
left this morning for Hugcr. w. Va.
to work a few days.
Tho rial of Honaker and Smith.
who were arrested here Tuesday
night and placed in Jail has not como
up at this writing.
William Terry and daughter, Miss
Grace, OF Norfolk. Va, are visiting
her sister. Mrs. Una Britton. on
Tazewell avenue.
Mrs. C. p. Greever and daughter.
Mrs Vicie Sanders and Mrs. y. i.
Fink, are spending the day at Falls
Mills. Va.
Mrs. J. p. Baylor and little daugh-
ter Helen and Misses Jean Davidson.
Winnie Crockett. and vicie Graham
"-l leave Friday morning for Hun
te.S Alum, Pulaski, Va, for ten
days stay
At meeting OF the Town Council
last night, j. E Baylor was elected
councilman in the place OF MIR. John
Walters, who is no longer a resident
OF this town. The chairman of the
wa'er committee was instructed TO
ct an engineer to locate water line
up Bluestone and a number of other
questions were discussed.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
\ CARD.

The public has no doubt learned
through the columns of the Bluefield
press that Barney VI. Cohen mas ASA
ed the Circuit Court of :his county
20 declare my lease with him on the
New Altamont Hotel forfeited on ac-
count OF my putting soda fountain
in the lobby az the hotel. This
court has just ordered thai the foun-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
WILL INSTALL A
BLINKER SIGN

Samuel Turk, the big department
store man, has just closed a con ract
with the Star Electric Company for
an electric sign Of the blinKer type
whiCn will be installed Within the
next ten days.
he sign Will be 1G by feet in
size and promises to be one Of the
finest in the city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
Went Pnna Ona R,tt.r

II love you very much. papa" said
1ve-year-old Willie as he crawled up
on his fathers knee.
And / love you. too. Willie. when
you are good" replied the father.
But. papa" continued the little fell
low. not to be outdone. 81 love you
lust the same. even when you amt ~
good"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
He Was warnad

Mrs. Jones-Did you really expect nc
to accept you the night you proposed =:
Mr.. Jones-Ees. love. Just before / got
10 your house heard a dog howl three
times. saw the moon over my left
shoulder and walked under a ladder
Manchester Guardian.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
coon G.,ME OF DUCK PINS.

what IS considered as an cXcep-
tOu1lly good game of duck pins was
lloi BY W. G.. Ferret a; Lindsey =
alley yesterday. Out o. a seriCs
OF four games he made an average
OF 10 pins. II 5 highest score was
1i1. winch is record for ducks"
a. LnIseys PLACE.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

c. S. Mlr;er, q. Poe .14ias, was
n the city last night.
Charles stump, # Pocahontas. was
a business visitor here yesterday.
Robert Hancock was a business
visitor 20 Pocahontas yesterday.
H. d. Dudley, of Falls Mllls was
a visitor here this morning.
Robert Harry. OF Brush Fork, is
in Graham this morning.
y. r. Glenn wen. to Williamson
this morning on business.
John Walters. of Blueheld, was
a business visitor here this morning
]. w McColim, of North Fork
was in Graham this morning.
c. w Pierce made n business trip
to Kimban today.
J. w. Buchanan, OF Tazewcu. Va,
spcnt last might in Graham.
Il. V. Woodson. OF Blueneld. was
in the city ibis morning en- route to
Clinen river on fishing trip.
Mrs. Sam Graham, Of Bristol is
visiting her sister Mrs. J. *. Ball on
C!ncel street.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO CUME AND GO

e. r. Cecil, of Bramwcll was in
he city this morning
r ID. Kelly of Narrows, was "a
business visitors here last night.
Geo. p. Hamilton az Richmond,
is here today
r. d. Berry OF Lexington. Va, is
in this city.
H. w. Richardson. of Philadelphia.
is among che arrivals today.
T. l.. Henritzo of NIiddlcsboro.
KY, came to BlueGyli today.
NJ. X. Kelly Of Norton, Va. clms
to Bluehcld to-day
L. r.. Hndore,A, of Cincinnati, IS
q business visitor here.
Chas. T. Green. of CAMBRIDGE,
Mass, is in this city ,oday
w. A. Daughery, Buchanan
county, Va, business man, IS ucre
Today from Grundy.
Philip K'o'ma1 and II. Bank, Of
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

Total estimated expenses $4,000
Proposed rate of levy, zoe. on
10000 valuation.
This 10th day of July, 1909.
". II. MATTHEW'S.
Mayor
S-l2-2W
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12

j. r. Wilson. of Dayy, is acre to-
day.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:

H. p. Baldwin, =
!. B. Castle, =
w. NJ. Alexander, =
!. p. Cooke, =
J. Waterhouse. =
+. +. Paxton, =
w. .. Smith, =
w. R. Castle, =
!. R. Gait, =
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

President.
First Nice-President
Second NiCe-President
Third Vice-Pres. and Mg1
Treasurer.
Secretary
Director
Director
Director
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25

air; they will develop minds and bodies in nat.
Nural exercise and under natural conditions;
they will feel the warmth of the sun, hear
the song of birds, see the glories of the
lanes and the fields and the forest At
the same time little white children will
be jailed in the mlls,-the day shift and
the night hift,-month after month, winter
and summer, year in and year out. While the
black children of North Carolina will go troop
ing from home to school-room, expanding the
lungs and developing the body in out-of-door
walks plays and games, the white children will
be shut up in prison-like factory, whose walls
tremble with the movement of machinery
whose rooms are filled with humid, dust-laden
air. whose physical conditions are such that the
walls which should separate sex from sex are
almost inevitably let down. and where the
physical, mental and moral development of the
child is well-nigh impossible
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
ATLANTA, GA, FEBRUARY Is, 1909.
Senator Bailey Strange Course.

On Feb IS, IoO0 the u. S. Senate having
under consideration the Post Office appropria-
tlon bill, amendment thereto was offered,
providing that the government should operate
a Parcels Post along some of the r. F. d.
routes, experiment, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether the Parcels Post system,
which works SO we'll in Europe, would prove
successful in this country.
Senator Joseph w. Bailey of Texas opposed
this amendment and, upon his motion, it
ruled out.
In this connection it will be recalled that it
was Senator Bailey who objected to the con-
sideration of the Parcels Post BILL when it was
called up, before Christmas.
Therefore, this Southern Senator is proving
himself very diligent and faithful servant of
the Northern owned Express Companies, and
an opponent to the interests of the country peo-
pie generally.
There was most bitter fight in Texas, two
years ago, when Senator Baileys relations to
the Standard Oil Company were exposed. 1t
was only after a fierce struggle that he pulled
through, and he owed his escape from ruin to
the fact that the Democratic primaries had
nominated him before his Standard Oil rela-
tons were known
In that hot contest, fully one half of the
country people of Texas stood by Senator Bal
ley. They took his word for it, that he did not
know that the WaterS-P1erCe TO- was the Otdn-
dard under another name. When it was proved
that Senator Bailey had been seen in the New
York office of the Standard Oil gang, and he ex
planned that his purpose in going there twas to
tell those rascals what an honest man thought
of them,'' the faithful Baileyites gulped down
his statement Credul1ty could no further go.
A heavier draft was never drawn on loyal
following.
If there is a man in public life who ought to
be grateful to the country people who rallied
to him in his hour of trouble that man is Oe
Bailey
Yet, when majority of Congress is willing
to do something for the country people, and
when Republican administration is earnestly
recommending the measure, Bailey uses his
power as Senator to prevent a vote
We do not know of state to which the Par
cells Post would be of more benefit than to
Texas.
Thousands of her people live at great dis
lance from the railroad stations. To 60 to town
for Express packages and pay the high rates
charged is an inconvenience and loss. II the
rural carrier could bring the small parcels along
in his mail-sack and at moderate rates OF pos
tage, it would be a saving of time and money
to every household along the r. f. d. routes.
But the rich and powerful Express Compa-
MES object to any diminution of their tremen-
dous profits, and these corporations are hight
inp the Parcels Post.
And Toe Bailey sides with the Northern cor
porations against the country people of his own
c+ote and all other states.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
bbe 5efferson,an
The Shame of North Carolina.

Mills manage to clear twenty per cent profits
year after year?
How is that one dollar, invested in the stock
of that factory ten or twelve years ago, is now
grown to five dollars, after having paid to the
purchaser a net income OF twenty cents every
year?
That is question which ought to interest
all of us
Here we have one branch of industry -four
ishng like the green bay tree Panlcs do not
cut off it's prosperity. Hard times are unknown
to it. A citizen who, some years ago, put
thousand dollars of his money into the stock
of the Peedee Mills, has been pocket1ng dlv1-
dend of two hundred dollars, year by year, and
his one thousand dollars has swollen to five
thousand. In other words, his stock which
cost ST 900, (and which reads on the face of
the papers ST ooo,) can be sold for five times
more than the papers call for. In commercial
language the stock is at premium Of five to
one.
And why is the stock at such premiumo
Because the same amount of money, safely in
vested somewhere else, could not earn more
than about four per cent, clear. Now, as the
Peedee stock earns the investor five times
four per cent, the Peedee stock is worth five
times as much to the investor as the common
run of investments would be worth.
If the holder of Peedee stock chooses to sell
out, he not only gets back the one thousand
dollars that he paid, but he gets four thousand
dollars besides And, during the whole time
he held on to the stock, he enjoyed five times
more revenue from it than the amount
of money would have earned in the average
safe investment.
How is it that capital thus invested accu-
mulates such ungodly profit?
() The u. S. Government passes laws
which give the Peedee Mills monopoly when
they buy the raw cotton;
(2) The Government, by legislation, gives
the Peedee Mills a monopoly when they sell
their cloth;
CD The law allows them to take the little
white children, confne them in the unhealth-
full atmosphere of the mill, and work them
night and day, regardless of the physical, men
tai and moral welfare of the child.
On the first point we have frequently writ
ten The cotton grower is at the mercy of spin
ner and speculator. AS the law now stands,
the purchasers of raw cotton have about the
same advantage over the cotton grower the
Beef Trust has over the cattle men,
On the second point we have often dWelt
at length The law shields the Peedee Mills
from foreign competition, giving them a mo-
nopoy of the home market.
The third point is where the peculiar shame
of North Carolina comes in. In nearly every
other state of the Union, the civic conscience
has been stirred, and Child Slavery has been
ameliorated. In the North and East, the can
nibalism Of the manufacturers has been check
ed Mighty efforts to stay the devouring of
the children, have been put forth, and these eff
forts have met with encouraging success. The
dropsical wealth of the capitalist does not rest
upon quite so large graveyard of little white
boys and girls, as formerly.
In the Southern States, also, some progress
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
A Batfle, and a Railroad.

A Battle, and n Railroad.
At the first Battle Of Manassas (Bull Rum
the number of killed, on both Sides amounted ,
to less than one thousand men.
The Pennsylvania Railroad slaughters
greater number of human beings every year.
After the Battle Of Manassas the North and
the South went into mourning on account of
the great loss of life. For weeks and weeks,
the newspapers were full of CHASTITY details.
feeling of horror overspread both sections.
Eight hundred and fifty Christians had been
shot down in one day! Twenty-six hundred
and ffty-three had been wounded. Awful
But here in the midst Of peace, in 1909, ONE
of our railroads have killed 1,47o human beings,
in the last two years, and almost no attention
is paid to the butchery.
At the Battle of Manassas both sides fought
for principle. Every soldier that fired gun
was inspired by patriotism and believed he was
stalking his life in a sacred cause.
But with the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is
sordid battle for dollars. By spending money
on life-saving devices of various kinds, this
American railway could keep bloodless
ord, JUST AS THE RAILWAYS OF
SWITZERLAND DO. But the corporation
refuses to apply their earnings in that way
Dividends must be paid on watered stocks;
money must be supplied to lawyers, lobbyists,
dlIu CullOlS, anu DlS Saddles lHuoI DC lOl LII
coming for men high up-hence the refusal to
adopt safety inventions, and hence the slaugh
ter of men, women and children.
Last night we glanced over the reports of
missionary work in China. The record is one
of glorious achievement. After tolling and
mOll1ng with those pagans for hundred years,
the Church of Christ now waves it's holy flag
one hundred thousand converts, saved
from the idols of the heather.
In our own land, greater number of human
lives-Christians- offered up, an annual
sacrifice to the Moloch of Commercial greed,
and we have yet to hear a sermon preached
against it!
In Switzerland, the state owns the railroads,
and operates them for the benefit of the people;
in this country, private capitalists own the rail
roads and operate them for the purpose of max
ing money
In Switzerland money is spent to equip the
roads with every possible safety invention, so
that human lives may not be sacrificed
In this country, it is cheaper to kill people
than it is to buy those safety appliances which
would prevent the butchery; hence, they are
not bought
AS long as the motive, in running trains, is
to make money, regardless of human life, so
long will we have railroads more deadly than
battles.
Judson Clements, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, comments on the terrible
railroad situation, and declares that the Gov
eminent MUST control the railroads.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-09-01
WORTHWHILE

T. G. Wilson returned Monday to Glens
Falls, n. Y.
II. b. Chaffee of Hardwick has been in
town for several DAYS.
A. H. Copley went to Boston Monday
for short business visit.
Mrs. NJ. M. Mckenzie of Boston is a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Billings.
Miss Abbie Davis of Narragansett Bay
is guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
E. E. Hadley.
Mrs. Lamora Whittier has been enter
tanning Mrs, 0. j. Lowery of Jericho
for several days.
The latest novelties in human hair
goods will be shown at Brownies for the
remainder of the week. See business
notice.
Fred w. Terrll of Middlefeld, Conn,
returned home Monday, after a visit at
the home of Hon. and Mrs. Thos. G.
Cheney.
Mrs. G.. S. Stancliff and brother, r. E.
Wescott, have been at st. Adams for
several days, where they are visiting
their brother, Herbert j. Wescott.
Percy w. Towne and Miss Cora DON
aldson returned to Swanton Monday,
having spent several days at the home of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Fl.
| Towne, on Gilmore street.
Silverheels, the famous trotting horse,
starts in Sherbrooke this week, where
he was shipped last Saturday. He is in
charge of Charles Wrisley and is driven
by Frank Lang, who drove him here last
week. Mr.. Laug will also drive him in
Barton next week.
Casper r. Kent of Burlington spent
Monday with his daughters, Mrs. A. w.
Fuge and Miss Pauline Kent, the latter
having visited here for some time. Tues
day he was accompanied by Miss Kent
to Lyndonville, where they visited his
mother. Mrs. Emoline Kent. and sister.
Mrs. Fife Houghton.
The ladies of the Uniyersalist parish
are requested to meet in the vestry and
sew Thursday afternoon. They are
urged to come early and bring their full
sewing equipment Also bring carpet
rags so they can be sorted and made
ready for cutting. A business meeting
will be held at $3.50 o'clock.
The next meeting of Lamoille Grange
will be held Thursday afternoon, Sept
Q. Following is the program: Music
by the choir, Quotations from Marx
Twain, Paper, Mrs. Ella Thomas; piano
solo, Miss linda Campbell; question
"Does the average farmer encounter
more encouragement than the average
worker in the trades and professions?'
speakers. G. /. A. Smith, Elmer Ryder,
Scott Mathews and A. n. Boynton
} vocal solo, Mrs. Lula Small; music by
the choir.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-09-01
CADYS FALLS

Bon Lowe and wife were recent guests
at Henry browns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Town were recent visitors
of their sister, Mrs. Seaver.
Mrs. S. w. Wood spent Saturday in
Wolcott with her daughter.
Rather nice to see a little rain. What
about these beautiful moonlight eve
nings?
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Leach, Mrs. George
Homer and son. passed Saturday and
Sunday at Garfield.
Chas. Kettle from Underhill visited
his friend, Clayton Haskins, from Wed
nesday until Monday.
Milton Bruce returned to Wolcott this
morning after few days visit with his
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Haskins.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Seaver entertained
at dinner Sunday the engineer and fire.
man of the Hyde Park train.
Tie fair brought several visitors to our
village, including c. J. Haskins, S. D.,
Wood and Geo. Homer. All are to 60 on
the highway for few weeks employ
ment.
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. harrington from
Connecticut have been the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Lew Smith for the past week.
Their many friends extend to them a
hearty welcome.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-09-01
Caledonia County Fair

The Management of the Quick Pulsed
Caledonia County Fair are hard at it to
make this years Fair the best ever held
On their grounds, and have secured for
the free attractions some of the best acts
that the B. T. Keith Co. ever introduced
in their several Vaudeville Show Houses.
The Bessie Veldare Troupe of Bicycle
Riders are without doubt the best of
their kind in the world to-day. and with
DeN eide & Zelda the Artistic Equilibrsts
presenting superb demonstration of
tier equilibrium with electrical effects,
are sure to make the stage attractions
worth the price of admission. They
have also secured Prof. G. c. Bonnette
with world wide reputation, who will
make two balloon ascensions with his
double parachute drop and trapese acts
in mid air. Geo. G. Cary will show his
big four-year-old steers free here. At all
Fairs they are to be shown under canvass
this year. They are without doubt the
best pair of fOur-year-Old steers in the
world to-day, weighing over 5000 lbs. !,
and are very closely matched. They
have secured special train service on the
Boston IL Maine II. Il. from White River
Junction, and on the the ST. j. & l.. G.
K, r. from Hyde Park with special re-
duced rates on all roads. The entries on
all classes are coming in very fast, and
with the premiums offered which are
very liberal, they are bound to have
oEery class filed. They are now trying
a&N are in hopes to make arrangements
MI Thomas w. Lawson to show his
sAsng of Show Horses there this year.
FSou are interested in any of the prem
iums offered, and have not received a
Premium List, the secretary would be
glad to mail you one.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-09-01
Tenth Annual Concert

The musical committee of the the Con
gregational church scored another sue
cess Tuesday evening in their tenth an
nual concert. The program was exceed
ingly well arranged. being composed OF
ten enjoyable numbers which were heard
oy muslo-loving audience which com.
pletely hlled the church auditorium and
overiiowed into the vestry. The program
which Is given below revealed the fact
that number of new musicians were
welcomed this year, while some who have
favored the people with their talent in
the past years were absent.
Mrs Mary Hendee gave two pipe organ
solos, selection by Parker and "Reverie, ;
by Brown, with great strength of inter
probation and feeling, and also accompa-
hied several numbers. Mrs. George. M.
foWers and Miss Brenda Harris were
heard IN vocal duet, Go, Pretty Rose"
by Marzials, in which their voices blend
ed charmingly, and Mrs. Powers also
gave later in the program a song cycle
entitled "Mary," by Paul Bliss, depict
ing the various phases of Mary, the
virgin mothers, life from the Annuncia.
ton to the Crucfxion. This was one of
the most enjoyable features of the even.
ing.
Mrs. f. G. Southgate of Woodstock
was heard in Morrisville for the first
time last night, and by the fautless tech
nIque and perfect expression which she
showed in her rendition of her numbers,
" Wltch-Fire " from " Die Walkure " and
fWo themes from Mcdowell, Shadow
Dance" and Autumn" as we'll as Pad
Frewski's "Nocturue," she captivated
her audience. Mrs. Southgate also ac-
companied for several numbers. Miss
Eta Chenette of Manchester, N. H., also |
assisted as piano soloist and gave per-
feet Interpretation of Mendessohn's diff. |
cult Fantastic" Miss Chenette is not
unknown in Morrisville's musical circles. |
having played here before, but she won
fresh laurels for herself on this occasion.
Mrs. H. G. Fisk favored the audience
with two songs by Kate Douglass Wig
gin, "Slumber Song' and "My Laddie;"
her sweet voice being shown to special
advantage in each one.
II. Fl. Fishers baritone solo, the Span
sh song, " Manuelta," by II. Trotere,
accompanied by Miss Grace Bedell, was
also very pleasant feature of the even
ing's entertainment, as was Mrs E. w.
Gates soprano solo, "Still With Thee"
by Schneider, and Miss Lillian Fisk gave
a very dainty and pleasing rendition of
Ethelbert Nevin's NIghtingale's Song"
The regular quartette choir of the
church, composed of Mrs. Powers, Mrs.
Fisk and Messrs. Fleetwood and Camp, !
sang one number, "Sun of My Soul" in |
their usual finished manner. Altogether |
the evening was one of musical delight |
and will long be remembered by those |
who were privileged to attend After the |
of the program the Rev. c. c. |
ST. Glare made few appropriate re-
marks and silver collection was taken.