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Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
REQUIRES MORE AGENTS.
Prohibition Has Increased WORK OF
Revenue Department.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. revenue otfcefs
assert that their work is being made
harder by the increase of prohibition ter
ritorv. C. w. T~rowbridge, chief OF rev.
enre agents of the treasury in the de-
partment, in asking for an appropriation
of $4,000 for the coming fiscal year,
or $4,000 more than last year, sad the
increased appropriation asked by the
bureau for the coming year was largely
on account OF the prohibition sections
At present there are about fifty OF the
revenue agents under Mr.. Trowbrldge
If congress allows the increased appro
priation, about twelve will be added te
the list. These men are largely through
the South, making raids on moonshln'
dlstilleries. y
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
NEGRO WORKERS CONFER.
Race Has Not Learned Value OF
Sunlight and Air.

Tuskegee, Ala.-At the session OF inc
National Negro Workers conference d.
S. P. Lloyd, formerly assistant city phS'
stefan of Savannah, made the statement
that 1000 negroes in the city OF sa'
vannah are living in a space OF l,ooo oy
s,1oo feet square, this by actual meas
urement, whereas every person ought 10
have from 500 to 1000 cubic feet OF
air space. The health commission ire
o~uently found five persons living In one
room eight by twelve feet square
"In the district in Savannah to WINCH
I refer" he said, sat least 400 two'roon
houses. whose actual measurements arr
6xs and sx1O feet, are being erected
These are not houses, but death traps.
"Ne have not succeeded he con
tinued. gin teaching our people the valu
of sunlight and air, the result is tn
enormous amount of pneumonia, tube'
~cu]osis and diseases of children"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
ROOSEVELT IS REBukED
For Permitting Trust to ABSORB
Tennessee Coal and Iron.

Washington.-The senate Dco"m
tee of the judiciary committee, when
has had in consideration the Culoerson
resolution asking why's and where1ores
If Mr.. Roosevelt's consent granted the
street trust to gobble up the tennessee
Coal and Iron Company, has signed ano
filed its report.
It's effect is to condemn Mr.. Roose
Welt and find him guilty of a usurpa
ton of authority in what premises ne
ordered Acknowledgement Bonaparte tt
do. :.
The presidential excuse was that I
was necessary to permit the steel trus
to take over the Tennessee Coal an
Iron Company to prevent the countr''
from being swept by a panic. The con
mittee denies the legal right OF Tn
president to anticipate panics, and INT
mates, if it does not say it, that M
Roosevelt was elected the president, nc
the prophet of the country. 10 int
fere in the matter, n way or the othe
was to step outside OF president
duty as outside of his right.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
POLICE SEIZE WEDDING Wine
Secure 1000 Bottles Beer, 8 Barrels
Whisky, 200 Cases Wine.

Atlanta, Ga.-The wedding of Miss
Lily Cohen and Samuel Loeb, fixed for
next Tuesday night, will be a "dry' at
fair, owing to the activity of the Atlanta
police in enforcing the prohibition law
Miss Cohen and Mr.. Loeb are members
of wealthy Jewish families, and it IS
MANNED to make their nuptials the event
of the season in Hebrew social circles. lo
this end Morris Cohen, the father OF the
bride.to-be, ordered a thousand bottles OF
beer. three barrels of whisky and two
hundred cases of wine, to be served at
| the wedding feast.
The police heard of the large snip
ment of drinkables consigned to Cohen,
raided the storage place, seized the llq'
uors and carted them to the police sta
ton. Cohen was arrested charged Will
having the liquors on hand for purpose
of sale. Cohen gave bond in $4,000 an@
will bring suit to recover the liquors.
Even Judge Broyles, who will pass o.
the seizure of the liquors, is one OF thos
hidden to the feast.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
WOULD CONDEMN GOVERNOR
Anti-saloon League Has Bitter
Wrangle.

Louisville, Ky.-A spirited wrangle
was precipitated in the Anti'Saloon
League convention at the Coliseum
Thursday afternoon, when a resolution
was submitted to send to the Legislature
of Tennessee congratulations on the ac'
ton in passing a Statewide prohibition
law. 1t was also proposed to send a
message of censure to Gov. Patterson
for his refusal to approve the action OF
the legislature. F.
State Superintendent West and Pres''
dent Beauchamp led a victorious fight
against the measure. No little feeling
was aroused, but the wave of trouble
soon rolled into a condition of placldity
The committee on legislation recon
mends that the governor and mayo
be clothed with power to remove iron
office the chief of police or other Of
fetal not enforcing the law.
A law making possession of a Unite
States tax receipt 'prima fac'e evidenc
of guilt is also recommended. The re-
concentrations of the committee wei
heartily concurred in.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
PRIZE FOOD
paIatable, Economical, Nourlsh'ng'

A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in a few words, anu that
from personal experience. She writes:
"After our long experience WIN
Grape-Nuts. l cannot say enough in us
favor. We have used this food almost
continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other adver-
tised breakfast foods but we invariably
returned to Grape-Nuts as the most pal-
atable. economical and nourlshing
of all.
"When I quit tea and coffee and be.
gan to use Postum and Grape-Nuts l
was a nervous wreck. l was SO IT.
ritable I could not sleep nights, had
no interest in life.
"After using Grape-Nuts a short lime
7 began to improve and all these all
r,epts have disappeared and now ! am
p we'll woman. My two children nave
been almost raised on Grape-Nuts'
which they eat three times a day.
"They are pictures Of health and
have never had the least symptom o
stomach trouble, even through the
most severe siege of whoopins cougl
they could retain Grape-Nuts when al
else failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved docto
bills. and has been, therefore, a nos
economical food for u.s.
!, Name given by Postum Co., batti
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to wei
= Vile" in pkgs. "There's a Reason"
. Ever rend the above letter: A ne
.nna,rs from time to time. Int
e "re genuine, true, and full OF huln'
l. Interest.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
s35o,ooo,ooo APPROPRIATED
This Is the Amount Carried by the
Sundry Civil Bill.

Washington.-The house committee
on appropriations reported the sundry
civil appropriation bill on Friday
The bill, the largest Of all the gen.
eral supply bills, carries an a%pproprla-
ton of $137, o22 ,0O7, or s26,oOo,ooo less
than the estimates.
The largest item in the bill is for the
construction of work on the Panama
canal. For this purpose $33,63S,ooo Is
appropriated, or o 600 more than IS
carried in the current sundry civil ap'
preparation bill for that expenditure
| There will be a deficiency this year,
however, of about $5,000,OOO. The sec
ond largest item is $19,574,5l4 for rivers
and harbors construction work author
lied by law.
The amount of bonds authorized II
be issued for the construction OF TN
Panama canal is increased by the bu
from $3.50, 10000 to $16O,O0o,o00.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
STATE RESTS ITS CASE
DEFENSE WILL PRESENT 1Ts
SIDE IN COOPER TRIAL.
Pistol Holster Found in Pocket o.
Dead Senator's Overcoat-Who
Placed It There.

Nashville. Tcnu.-Abscncc OF some
State witnesses and a desire on the part
Of th, defense to arrange ITS plan o'
procedure caused an ad Iou1nment nh'i1
Saturday in the Compensatory trlaI Tor
the murder of former Senator l.. W.
Cormack. The State first announced
| that it rested its case i'll chle1. Nheh
| the defense asked until Saturday to pre-
marc. and the continuance was granted,
| Acknowledgement McCarn announced
that ONT missing witnesses would DC
here by that time, and that he woulo
offer their testimony.
The State has satisfied itself with OF
feriuc testimony to prove that Senat
Carmack vas slain by Robin }. and Jul
can b. Cooper, that John Sharp, Whef
he heard the shots, knew what the!
were without looking around, ana ina
prior to the killing several conferences
had been held. This, the State contends
laws the foundation for proof OF con
spiracy.
The State stops here and waits TO
l the defense to offer its case. Attorne!
General McCarn has subpoenaed slxt!
u four witnesses, and has used scarcely
score. The others will be held i'll reser'
!: for rebuttal. The defense has not !
sued a summons, but says its witness'
y will be present without court process
: By not issuing subpoenas it prevents Il
State from knowing its witness'
names.
~ The only incident of Thursdays tt
- timony was the States attempt to pro
~, by implication that the pistol hoist
found in the dead senator's overcc
pocket was put there by one of the
torneys for the defense, when, a I
No weeks ago he went to the mo'gue q
=. tried on the overcoat. Two witnes
testified it was not in the pocket wi
fine senator was killed. 1t was fot
in the pocket by Gen. Washington
counsel for the defense, when he II
49,. on the overcoat.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

lieye I would not be living today
a v Mrs. Hinson. My eyesight was
poor, | suffered with nervous, splttlhs
headaches, spots would dance before
nv eyes, and at times 1 would De 50
| dizzy | would have 10 grasp some
thing for support. My back was SO
weak and painful l could hardly ben
over to button my shoes and could not
get around without suffering severely.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from
the first. and | continued until practl'
cally we'll again
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster.Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
Favor Children's Bureau.

New Orleans, La.-Among the most
;mportant matters passed upon at Fri
davis session of the national congress OF
mothers was the adoption Of a resolu'
ton approving bills before congress:
suggested by President Roosevelt, pro-
v;d;no for a children's bureau in the
federal department of commerce and Ia
Dor.
That the day for orphan asylums hae
passed was an expression of sentiment
which apparently. met with the sympa
thy of the majority of the members o
| the congress.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

FIVE LAWYERS IN CABINET
J. M. Dickinson Will Succeed Luke
Wright as Secretary of War.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Presldent-eiect 1as
arrived here Sunday morning from IN
%cjnnati, and with Mrs. Taft, who came
over from New York to JOIN hlm, Is 'hc
cucst Of DR.. S. Weir Mitchell in his Nal'
nut street home.
Mr.. Taft admits he is making Roadway
in the selection of a secretary OF tins
treasury. Lu. maintains the place IS not
vet filled. Franklin MacEeagh and N.Y.
ron r, Hedrick are two of the men under
| consideration. With this exception the
Taft cabinet is complete, and when Off
| ciallv promulgated shortly before his Ill
auguration will be found as follows:
Secretary of state, Philander e.. knox
OF Pennsylvania; attorney-general' leo
". Wjckersham of New York: secretary
of war, J.. NJ. Dickinson of Tennessee
secretary of commerce and labor, Charlie:
Nagel of Missouri; secretary OF the navy
George Won /. Meyer of Massachusetts,
secretary of the interior, r. ~. Ba1''ng'
of Washington; postmaster genera
Frank H. Wilson Of Iowa.
J. NJ. Dickinson of Tennessee, who a
ccpted the war portfolio at the hands {
Mr.. Taft, will give up the position OF ge'
eral solicitor for the Illinois Central raj
way system, and a salary OF $4,000
year, to become a cabinet minister. I
is between "a and So years of age,
native of Mississippi, and served thr
months in the Confederate army as
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
JUST CALLED HIS ATTENTION.
Unkind II Clear Truth Told to Pro-
prietor Of "Speak Easy"

A %disheveled man, much the WORSE
for liquor, staggered out OF a Maihe
"speak easy" and laboriously propped
himself against the door. For a whlle
he owlishly surveyed the passersDs.
Suddenly his foot slipped and he col
| lapsed in a heap on the sidewalk. A
| moment later he was snoring. 10y
A hurrying pedestrian paused, re-
A%ectiyely surveyed the fallen man 1or
a few seconds, and then poked MS
head in the door.
ooh, Frank" he called. FRANK
come out here a minute"
Presently the proprietor OF the JOINT
smoking a fat cigar, emerged. ne
blinked in the bright sunlight.
Hello, Hud," he said pleasantly
whats up?"
Hud jerked his thumb toward the
slumberer on the sidewalk.
eyer sign has fallen down. ne eA
, planned, and briskly resumed his wai'
!. !. up town.-Everybody's Magazine.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
TRADE IMPROVEMENT SLOW
Cotton Goods Show Marked Increase
in Demand.

New York.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s week
" review of trade says:
improvements in the structure OF
business is much more pronounced than
improvement in the activity of business.
While financial and political develop
ments, both in Europe and the United
States, are distinctly better, the prog
ress toward the eagerly expected re-
yival of trade is slow, and especially In
the iron, copper and coal trade, is dis
appointing. Cotton goods are firm
Wooden goods are chiefly active in the
better grades of fancy worsted.
Continued frmness of raw material IN
dicates little likelihood of a revision o.
prices in cotton goods and some llne'
even show a tendency to advance, al
though trade generally is quiet. Their
is no resumption in the export demand
but the fact that China has alread,
taken SO, 900 bales since the first Of d.
cember, as against $4,000 bales durin
the entire year of 1908, material
strengthening this branch of the marke
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
Forbids C.. O. D. Traffic.

Washington.-The Humphreys amend
ment to the penal code, which was adopt
ed by the house, has been sent to confer
ence. This amendment provides that all
intoxicating liquors which are entered as
articles of interstate commerce must be
plainly marked so as to show the name
of the consighee and the kind and guam
tity of their contents, and must be de-
liyered only to the bona-fde consignee
It also forbids all G. 0. D. business IN
J intoxicating liquor matters.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
Minister in Trouble.

Reedsburg, Wis.-Because Rev. A. H.
Friedrich, formerly a resident OF Mad
ison and a graduate Of the University OF
Wisconsin, refereed a basket ball contest
between the Madison and R%eedsburg mil
itary company, he may lose his position
"a nastor of the Methodist Church at
1ronton. Wis. The church board is up III
arms. hut Friedrich says he will referee
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
Asks Taylor's Pardon.

Louisville, Ky.-Kentucky's most vex'
atious political and penal problem has
thrust up it's head again with a petition
presented to Gov. Wilson by Caleb Pow
ers for the pardoning of former Gov. W.
s. TAYLOR, former Secretary OF State
Charles Finley and John L. Powers. The
paper was signed by $4,000 citizens OF
Kentucky, regardless of party.
Powers, who is himself a former sec
rotary of state of Kentucky, was freed
by wilson's %pardoning %prerogativeN SOM
} months ago.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
D L STEVENSON I'LL.
Activities of Recent Campaign Too Much
of a Strain.

Chicago.-Adlai E. Stevenson, former
v;ce.nresident of the United States, is i'll
at his home in Bloomington, ILL.,, accord
ing to reports received. The activities OF
the recent campaign in which he was
defeated by his Republican rival for the
~eoyernorshilp is said to have proved a Sc
we're strain on his "a years, and ne has
# is stated, visibly weakened during the
last few weeks
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
Tornado Cuts Wide Path.

San Augustine, Tex.-A tornado near
here last night cut a path about 100
wards wide and several miles in length
through standing timber, uprooting
many thousands of dollars worth of
pine trees; wrecked a sawmill and scat
tered lumber over a wide territory
| About seven miles southeast, the home
If Bench Russell was wrecked and Rus
| sell and his children were buried IN the
debris, escaping with minor injuries. A
number of small farm houses are re
norted wrecked, but no casualties.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
e;re+ Fahrenheit Thermometer.

flTSS = 0tIS ~
In the year TIA one Daniel Gabriel
Fahrenheit brought to the chancellor
of the University of Halle two tner-
mometers which agreed so perfectly
in registering temperatures that they
were considered marvels., All sclen-
lists were amazed. His method Is
now one of the three accepted stand
ards. Fahrenheit was by birth a
prussian. but after his fifteenth year
he lived a long life in Amsterdam. HIS
great skill in working in glass en-
abled him to carry out his ideas. he
was an original thinker, but for COM
mercial reasons kept secret his metn'
DDS Of manufacture for IL years.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
Maruaret Was Logical.

One afternoon l overheard my TWO
children talking about the Sunday
school lesson.
Dick, who was much smaller than
Margaret. believed all she said about
It. So he asked her what God looked
like, and she quickly answered: Goo
looks like a stalk Of corn, because
mamma said he had ears on all sldes'
and a stalk of corn is the only thing
I know that has ears on all Sides
DelineatOr.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
A SUMMER WHITE HOUSE.
Lands Would Have One Constructed at
West Point.

Washington.-Representative Lands
of Indiana, wants a summer White
House constructed for the president.
He has introduced a bill to appropriate
$3.50, 900 to erect within the United
States military reservation at West
| Point. N. Y, a suitable residence and
office building as an official summer
residence and executive office. The
building is to be designated "the coun'
l.try White House."
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
No Lid for Chicago.

Chicaeo.-The crusade to close Chr
caoo saloons on Sunday received a Sc
we're setback when the Supreme Court
at Springfield handed down a decision
holding that it has not the power to
compel Mayor Busse to close the 81
looms on the first day Of the week.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
BISHOP Hoss OUT OF DANGER
Rests Well and Suffers But Little
Pain.

Baltimore, Md:-The condition OF
Bishop Hoss Thursday was improved,
and both DR.. Young, who performed the
operation at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
on Monday, and the p~relate's two sons
are more than. pleased. The bishop now
rests we'll, and outside of a few pains
consequent to the operation he suffers
no other ill effects. He is now believed
to be out of danger.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

that constant lHVHHS
of dullness and tired
ness, will find hope
in the advice Of Mrs.
Mary Hinson of Il
Strother St, Mt.
Sterling. XIV. Had
! not used Doan's
Kidney Pills l be,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
PENSION BILL PASSED,
Takes IS Minutes for Senate to Appro
pirate $3.50, 100000.

Observation-Disclosures minutes was
all the time required for the passage by
the senate Friday of the bill carrying
the appropriation of $%16o,ooo,ooo for
the payment of pensions for the next
fiscal wear. An amendment was adopted
striking out the house provision for one
instead of eighteen pension agents and
leaving eighteen agents as now fixed BY
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
WHERE HE STOOD.

Percy-Do you think your atner
would object to nv marrying you?
PEARL couldn't say. II mes any
thing like me he would.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27
NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMtN'S
BACKS.
How to Make a Bad Back Better.

Women who suffer with backache.
hearing down pain, dizzy spells, ana
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

Plaucheyil,e.-J. D. Jeansohhe' d
farmer of upper C~houpigne, rear
Hickory states that he intends to de-
crease the cotton acreage on his iarii
this year from GO to 70 per cent anu
plant Irish potatoes.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

Melyille.-The warehouse OF I. I.
Johnson, one of the leading merchants
of this place, was destroyed by nre'
The origin of the fire is a mystery
as the building was isolated and no
one had been in or around 1t Tor sew
eral hours.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

Alexandria.-E. L. Morgan or VIM,
aeld is here to MAKE arrangements lol
the erection of the big stave factory
of the Dalton Clark Company. Tue
rates for shipping out the prooNTt
Of the mill have been SATISFACTORY
adjusted with the railroads. This WaS
the matter that held back the erection
of the mill.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

Logansport,-Last year several cars
Of Irish potatoes were shipped from
this place to Northern markets. ana
encouraged by the price received the
acreage will be more than doubled
this year. About Is acres have al
ready been. planted. These will be
placed on the market early enough to
secure the best prices. 1t is believed
that the output of the potato crop IN
this vicinity will justify the commits
sion houses in placing a representa-
tive on the ground. This would NEE,
with the approval of the farmers, wit
prefer selling their produce at home
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-27

If New Orleans has purchased the
property of the Rose Hill Sugar COM
pany. Ltd, on Bayou Vermillion, four
miles south of Abbeville, and that ne
will Immediately take charge OF the
property and operate it. The lands
belonging to the plant, amounting &c
several hundred acres, have been ten
anted out for this year, and 1t IS the
intention of the new purchaser te
purchase the cane raised on thest
lands, as well as other cane surround
ing the refinery, to be MANUFACTURED
i at the Rose Hill refinery. The plan
is one Of the finest in the state ans
well equipped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-02-18
A DENIAL FROM
HIGH AUTHORITY.

From National Food Magazine Chicago
Or. II. w. Wiley Chief Chemist Of
III" Agricultural Department, has de
mandcl Of the Calumet Baking Powder
Company Of Chicago, that it cease the
publication Of alleged certificates or
statements that be had endorsed the Cal
umct Baking Powder, or reported in ia
yor Of ita purity. whoIcsomonCss or su-
prriOrity. such statements, he says, are
false.
Dr. Wiley never served upon a com
mittcc Of awards, rs alleged, nor signed
such report, or certificate, nor did he
ever iudorsc the Calumet Baking Powder
in any way. On the contrary, Or Wick
testified before Congressional tuur-
mittCc relative to alum in food as fol
lows. AS | have said repeatedly, |
do not use il in my own home, and
would not use alum in bread If | know
it. Alum is Injurious
II seems that Dr. Wilcy's demand that
IN" Calumet Company should cease these
publications., which are, he say,
against the TRUTH" was not complied
with. although he says he has done all
hc could "to stop the base and iurNcus-
able use of his name
The public will share in Or. WiIcy'~
Indignation that his name and official
position should bc frauluicntly used ~
aid in f0isting upon CONSUMERS a food
compound made from ingredients which
the Doctor has publicly declared to b"
injurious.