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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15
THE END.

Ben Tillman, that impalsive,
cratic politician, who has kept his
name before the public for many
years by his cratic ways and abus.
I've language, has finally met his
waterloo and will surely fall from
his high estate.
Even his southern admirers can
not longer hold him up because of
his ever ready spleen and venom
against republican leaders and re
publican measures, since he has
been caught in the act of grating
In public lands. He made a spec
tacular fight in congress against the
claims of certain railroad to some
western timber land and at the same
time had an agent posted to secure
eight or nine claims for himself and
relatives as soon as the land could
be secured. The cat is out and
Tillman is disgraced before tae
whole country. He does mot deny
the transaction but excuses himself
on the grounds that the land would
be for sale and he had the right
However, it does not look right In
the eyes of the American people for
aU S. senator to use the knowled e
that comes to him through his high
office to make hogish grabb of the
public domain; make himself rich
by fraudlently attempting to take
this land in. the name of members
of his family and relatives to the
exclusion of honest American clh-
zens whs had not the same means
Of knowing of the conditions as he
had. Those who live in glass
houses should net be so ready to
throw stones.
Had the senator not continued to
20 out of his way to attack on the
slightest pretext the chief executive
Of this Republic, and abuse and
malign him on every occasion, the
president would, doubtless, have
allowed the attempted swindle to
rest, since it did not succeed.
But Tillman, by his continual
nagging brought the disgrace upon
himself and must now take the con
sequences of his own folly. No
state, not even Carolina, can
afford to keep disgraced man in a
senatorshlp.
Tillman can now find his field of
labor in the Chautauquas OF the
south in explaining how it wa &C
and in villifying northern men.
Tillman's attempt at self vindica-
ton in the senate Monday was a
fiat failure and there seems no way
by which he can satisfy the people
Of his iAnocense.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15
Mine Explosion.

Another big gas explosion in the
Lick Branch colliery, w. Va. on
the I2th is reported to have killed
over one hundred miners. This
mine had not been entirely cleaned
up from the last explosion of two
weeks ago, when fifty were killed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15
FAIR WORDS THESE.

The attitude of the governors ot
both Missouri and Kansas toward
the railroads and other public ser
vice corporations, so far as it /:
outlined in their respective inaugural
addresses, ought to prove fairly
satisfactory, if not actually en-
couraging, to both the people and
these corporations. If the legisla-
ture of these two states will embody
views of this kind in the laws they
enact, the rights and interests of all
concerned will be protected. A
fair field and no favor is all that
either the public service corpora
tions or the people have any right
to expect. The day of arrogant
domination by the corporations, if
there ever was such day, has long
since passed, as must also the era
of popular vindictiveness. Only
the other day the supreme court of
the United States in an impressive
decision upheld the right of state
to regulate the service of the various
public utilities, even to the extent
of fixing rates for such service.
But there was this important and
equally emphatic proviso, that the
supervision of the state should not
take the form of fixing confiscatory
or unreasonable rates. "The cor.
poration has a right" declared the
court, ITO a fair return ON its invest
ment." The decision was in no
sense biased in favor of the par
icular corporation before the cout.
at The time. In fact, the corpora
tion, gas company, lost the point
for which it eontended. But the
court laid down principles OF law of
far.reaching import and effect,
standing midway and dispassionate-
ly between the people and the cor
porations, guaranteeing the con-
sti,utional rights of each.
Governor Hadly and Governor
Stubbs followed the theory of this
decision and INDUCED In no "twist-
Ing of the corporation tall", such
as might possibly have been expect.
ed and which would undoubtedly
have pleased at least a portion OF
the people. In resisting whatever
temptation there may have been te
play to the galleries the two new
governorsgave encouraging evidence
OF an intention to deal fairly with
all concerned. The governor is moi
the legislature, though the veto
power, in view of these inaugural
utterances, ought to allay any alarm
on the part Of the people that they
are to be exploited by corporations
that they are to be baited by vim
dictive or reckless legislation.
what that the West wants is peace,
and it can only have peace through
mutual fairness and mutual cooper
alton in the one common cause OF
advancing the interests of all.
Kansas City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15
Mr.. Cunningham Dead.

Reason Cunninghan, the Oldest
man in the city, died at his home
m North Garfield, Sunday evening,
a.d the body was buried at Leans
Monday.
He was oI years old. Mr.. Gun
,i,shan was a pioneer in this com
,ry. settling on a farm nesr Leans
At an early day. He v" seod
citizen and a reliable man in ever,
way.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15

France is again using the guillo-
tine. She recsatly chopped off
four heads Of criminals. The ma
chine seems to work just as we'll as
It did during the days Of the revelu-
tion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15
Born on the Train.

Just as Santa Fe train Ne.
pulled into Newton the other day 9
woman in the smoker gave birth to
a baby. The woman was ACCOM-
panied by some friends and was on
her way to Los Angeles. They
continued on their journey.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15

A man has been rescued frsn the
ruins of hessina, alive, after being
Imprisoned in the RUNS Of his own
home fer IA days. The indications
are that he will recover,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15

1t is now Gsv. Stubs of Kansas
and Gov. Hadley Of Missouri.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-15
OFFICERS Elected.

The Kansas senate and house
have organized by elsctlng the fol-
lowing officers:
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

ISeed potatoes, onion sets and garden nseeds. Carlisle Mercan- tffe-Co.
 The editor last week took a pleasant drive through the fam Ous Prairie Longue rice section, south of Carlisle, and we were surprised beyond our fondest dreams to note the great pros. perity that is coming over that beautiful country. As you drive by the fields you can see the latest and most modern improved gang blows preparing the ground for another bumper crop, or the latest seeder or drill machines putting out the great seral. Everybody is busy and if you see them even for short talk it is at the noon or night hour, or as you follow them across the large field of broken ground. It is safe to say that besides the new farms that has been put in. nine out of every ten rice growers are increasing their acreage some over doubling the amount they had in last year. Nowhere on the inhabited globe can there be found a more industrious as well as a more congenial class of peo- pie than those who reside in that section.
 OyG stock of hosiery is com plefeboth in children, ladies and mdQs,~s@ell sox for the young men.
 CARLISLE MERCANTILE Go.
 Nichols & Hutson are daily re- ceiving their mammoth stock of spring goods. Call and examine our stock.
 Dutch collars, jabots and all the waisting material at the Mercantile Go.
 1 New lace curtains in ecrue and 
 whN /also all the new style cur taih goods in new shades and wh)s
 .ECARLISLE MERCANTILE Co.,.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

Al the new dress goods and trimmings are being shown at Mercantile Go.
 Ppn't fail to get some Gold Fish, they are going fast. Carlisle Mercantile Co.
 B1echley can fit you out with goods for summer dresses. Be Sure and look them over.
 FFhe Carlisle Mercantile Co. is Showing a fine line of shoes just received, prices right.
 4 large shipment of overalls, jVmpefs, wash pants with belt straps just received at Buech- ley's.
 FoR RE4T+-The building for jn esrly occupied by Cook $ Pool Room. For particulars apply to Cooks Place.
 Lalties' union suits in gauge ahdtooys' union suits. just what y,1n, haB& been looking for at Car lisle Mercantile Co.
 F. E. Marble has purchased the brick business house on Front street, formerly owned by B. c. Lemon.
 See those up-to-date kitchen cahipets on display at Bradley $ Furniture Store.
 Mrs. J. o. Smith. teacher ir Carlisle High School has beer quite sick and Miss Florence Lillard is teaching the 2nd grade students this week.
 Buechely is in receipt of { large shipment of Queensware Glassware, Graniteware and Tin ware.
 s<New straw hats of all kinds and'prices at our store. Ladies fsaile1s and children hats and caps, at Carlisle Mercantile Go
 Buy the ever popular brand ot hosiery, Topsy. Every shade and style at Nichols & Hutson. WANTEDIA girl to cook and do% general house work. For f6rtker barticulafs apply at the Independent office.
 Bradley has a nice line of sam ples of Carpet, LinoIeum apd Oil Cloth. Z Go and see them and make your order
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

Fush a good thing along see those go-carts at Bradley's.
 Marion Dickens has purchas- ed the residence of B. G. Lemon, located on Vest William street, and will have same remodled and repaired in the near future.
 We are offering some extraor- dinary values in plain white and printed lawns from 8 to p cents per yard which are dreams of beauty, Nichols & Hutson.
 c. c. Cook last week purchas- ed the soda fountain and fixtures of B. c. Lemons ice cream par Tor, and will conduct same in con nectiOn with his pool room, which he has moved into the Lemon brick building. He has re-arrang- ed the fixtures and has a neat cozily arranged place to pass the long summer days. See his adv. in another column.
 A limited amount of the fam ous Worlds Wonder Cotton Seed for sale, at S1.00 per bushel.
 GRANT CONRAD
 L41en, in the new stripes an6 plkinl for skirts and coat suits w1th buttons to trim, at the Mercantile Co.
 Table cutlery, plates, cups and saucers, bakers, etc., 1T abundance at prices that arc right at Nichols & Hutson.
 4Fresh groceries this week FSHaghetta, Cheese. Pucks peas 1 Picks pineapple, Pucks baked kbeans.~ Cabbage. Onions. Sweet and Irish Potatoes, Pickles sweet and sour, Oranges, Apples. Ban anas and those good little Crack CTS. Carlisle Mercantile Co. l Hwalk on stars, so can you, by buyia3g a pair of Star Brand Fx..
 Shoes at Buechley's.
 Y Gas engine oil and all the other oils you need.
 >--~~CARLISLE MERCANTILE Co. A nice line of mourning sta tionery canebe~fad~-at4s the .Inde pendent office.
 For Sale32 Sheep and Lambs , OkI. C$Gilts, l double set ot Harness, { Beck Island Sulky Plow. B. D. Muzy.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

Tb-to- date candies at Buech- ley's.
 Send the Independent to your friends back home.
 ANobby Boys Summer Suits, Sizes, s to 15, at Buechley's.
 Come and see those Davenports atBradley's, the furniture man. You can get your base ball I Shoes at the Carlisle Mercantile Co.
 Have you seen the new fire proof cooking ware at Buech- ley's?
 New shipment of fencing wire and nails at Carlisle Mer catrsiie Go.
 'Myrt" Lemon, of Vandalia, Mo, is visiting relatives and his many friends in Carlisle this week.
 <Gd and see those Standard Sewing machine at Bradley's.
 Bsadlev~says his business is gaining every week. Continue to call on him.
 Gents Bal briggan underwear . to 50 cents per garment that are good values at much higher price at Nichols & Hutson.
 FOR SALE.-Cheap an up-to- date iron tired runa bout A bar 9air7 if taken at once For par ticul ars call at this office.
 I have limited amount of fine cotton seed, for planting purpos- es, which I will sell at 50 cents per bushel. Jake Zimmerman.
 Royal Cotton Boil Fertilizer for sale and always in storage by Nichols < Hutson. N Smith & Hamphries still have Na few gallons of pure sugar house llnolasses. which they are selling at 50 cents per gallon.
 F'oR SALE-An unlimited course in Stenography, Bookkeeping, Telegraphy. Banking or Short hand, in the famous Macon X Andrews Business College, of Memphis, Tenn. For price and particulars apply at The Inde- pendent office.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22
Tomato Growers Notice.

We are now making up an order for special tomato ferti- lizer. Place your order with us at once that we may be able to supply your wants.
 Nichols & HutSOn.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

Boys Bill Bailey hats misses and children's sailors cheaper than ever before at Nichols & Hutson. og
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

Vhcks" and Bull Dog" over aKs for the boys, also full line df rompers. jumpers and shirts at tr1e Mercantile Go.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22
LOCAL NEWS.

Tb-to- date candies at Buech- ley's.
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at the TWO places and tn" college, nor
cover the city territories that ar"
proposed
some llttIe feeling was caused by
statement mad" by Mr.. Jacobs that
Mr. ChiIdS had told him that three
''a"r"HS clti"ehS had said to him
'Nh'luS) 'ha' ,h"y had come down to
''ih'oh TO bnlId road III order to
PUNISH MN Tor not giving l.aurcnS
pc''cr STATION anu depot facilities.
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statement but when repeated by Mr.
Jacobs II was questioned by DIR. Aiken
VINO called Tor tn" names of the three
S'h'''hi"h' Mr.. Jacobs could no!
give 'h'i'' but "ald II" Thought MIR.
w. l.. Gray was ON" OF Tia" three mon:
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-04-14
Change ni Freight Train.

Local freight No %. which leaves
here at 500 Il. III. over the c. 4 w
{. for Laurcns, will be changed To
4 through freight and leave at 90
a. IN. altcr Monday. making il arrive
AT laurcns 80 a. III. instead OF l2.U5
p IN. II will be a through freight
gong out from Spawanburg ana a
local freight returning Spartanburg
Herald
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
About George
M. Cohan
ISL iEls
> W. Vs.

TIL question whether George NJ.
Cohan is Hebrew or Irish has been
frequently asked and often an
so again reply. Cohan is an Irishman
born in America on the fourth of July,
and justly pleased with his Celtic an
cestry, his American nativity and his
first patriotic squawk uttered more or
less musically for the first time 81
years ago.
Several generations ago. says CO.
han. my family name was Cohane.
That was when my forefathers lived
in Ireland. Through some oversight
the final te' was lost and to this day
it has never been found My middle
name is Mike or Michael. should say,
and not Marvellous, as has been said
Cohan is to have a theater of his
own in New York and another in Chi
cago. The playhouse in New York is
already under way; that is. the ground
has been broken at the south end of
Long Acre square. corner of Forty
third street and Broadway. The play
house will be named after the come
dian, and with the one in Chicago will
be owned entirely by Cohan, although
1t will be booked by the firm of Cohan
& Harris. The Chicago theater will be
located in the loop district
Cohan announces his fixed determine
tion to retire from the stage. His
final appearance as public performer
will be in his present piece. ~The
Yankee Prince" and the end. will come
next May. His reason for abandoning
the stage is due to his desire to spend
ali his time and energy in the writing
and producing of plays. At present
Cohan is busy at work on another mu-
sic drama" for Victor Moore It
will follow the fortunes of kid"
Burns, the hero of 'Forty-five Minutes
From Broadway" and "The Talk of
New York" Still another play is be-
ing given it's finishing touches by the
energetic Cohan- He is writing it for
Edna Wallace Hopper. and it will BE
called THE Harrigan Girl" A New
York hearing for the piece is being
arranged for some time in January.
cohan with Klaw & Erlanger already
control the Gaiety theater in New
ork. and next September the Grand
opera house on. Manhattan island,
owned by George Gould. will pass into
the lesseeship of cohan and Klaw
Erlanger, so that with the completion
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
WAR TIME DRAMA
is ALCAZAR HIT
"Warrens of Virginia" to Be Re-
tanned for Second Week

A second week and positively the
last one this season of THE Warrens
of Virginia is announced by the Alca-
Ear management. This announcement
will not surprise any one who has wit
messed the play. for that the regulation
seven days run would be exceeded was
assured before the close of the initial
performance. David Belasco's name.
the potency of which is recognized by
San Francisco's theater going public.
had much to do with drawing an un-
usually. large first night audience.
whose verdict served to fill the house
at each succeeding presentation of the
play and create a demand for seats that
only a second week can satisfy.
1t is no exaggeratfon to say that
The Warrens of Virginia emphasizes
Belasco's pre-eminence among contem-
porary producers of dramatic effects.
De Miles pretty wartime story Afford
ed unusual opportunity to the master
of stage craft and he grasped it with
enthusiasm. The locale OF the scenes in
the valley of the Rappahannock chaI-
lenged the Belasco genius for inject
ing beauty, impressiveness, realism and
his artistry to extreme in doing justice
to the subject. II you have witnessed
the stage pictures you know how he
succeeded.
But the ~atmosphering' of the play
is only one component of its attractive
ness The tale unfolded is full of heart
interest and intensely dramatic and the
Characterization is unconventional In
the hands of the Alcazar players every
impersonation suffces TO convey the
authors ideal. Since he became con-
nected with the Sutter street home of
good drama Howard Hickman has done
nothing more artistic tnan his inter-
probation of General Buck Warren,
one OF the most striking figures ever
sta ged- Evelyn Vaughan as his daugh-
ter, VIII r Walling as his rival in war.
John Ince as the young federal officer
whose heart is torn in conflict between
love and duty, Bessie Barriscale as the
little Warren girI-in brief. every
member of the excellent company con-
tributes to the finest performance in
which they have collectively partici-.
pated.
sThe Warrens" could be proftab1y
kept on thakAlcazar stage third week,
but contract calling for the presenta-
cember can not be ignored.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

M r. BENJAMIN WOLINSKI was
in his dressing room at the
Orpheum waiting for US. IF
this is to be third degree
session he said. closing the
door on Artist Terry and the writer
with an emphatic slam, more Latin in
character than Hebraic, lets get it
over with quick. We artists, you must
know. are Of very nervous character
and we can't stand to be worried.
Now" he went on. removing his
Italian paste and becoming himself by
degrees, my real name isn't Ben
WeIch, at all. It's Benjamin WoIinski
The reason why changed it was be-
ause when ] started out from Null
berry street to be a great actor was
economically inclined. and It costs a lot
more money in electric light bills to
fash bright sign. Benjamin Violin
ski than 1t does to set up Ben
weIch'."
As for the reason for the selection of
.-NNeIch" as a pstronymic, the monolo-
gist was not so clear There was no
particular reason for assuming that
title than any other equally quick to
say and cheap to put on electric signs.
Perhaps a subconscious notion under
meath the impulse that picked the name
was this
Blanche Walsh. heroine OF The
EIreutzer Sonata was a companion and
friend Of Ben ~welch's" sister when.
not too many years ago. the girls used
to make cigarettes after dark. in their
poor little home, East Broadway SO.
when the monologist that has made a
million laugh searched for a name. il is
possible that he thought OF the girl
who used to make cigarettes with his
sister for the market and who used to
burn much oil in the little apartments
over Pigs Foot Kellys saloon in East
Broadway near the delta of streets
which branch away like a four finger
hand in the east side Of New York.
Ben WEIGH knew Blanche Walsh well,
and he says that though the story Of
her starting out in life as a cigarette
maker has never been given great pub
Lefty by the press agents, it remains
(Quite as true as it is hattering.
y Look here" said he. with much ami
nation. ! came out of the east side.
we were poor as synagogue mouse.
There's nothing criminal about that
NY father was carpenter, and he
built himself UP pretty well. but he
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Between Politics and
Dramatic Art

n RENvILLE JAMES, whose beauii-
full performance of the servant in
McGuire's timely sketch at the
gular career vibrating between poll
tics and dramatic art, says an eastern
writer. He was for several years
consul to Grenoble, province in
sulates, and later in his diplomatic
life he represented the American gov
ernment in some of the colonies Of
Canada. He played "Everyman' and
studied other morality plays and clas-
steal dramas, Immediately rendering
himself invaluable as a portrayor of
subtle, grave and erudite drama
He has strangely penetrating vel
vet voice and an individuality much
to be admired. His performance
brought praise from the astute Martin
Beck, who is the terror of the lime
light seeking stunt purveyor and the
turn and act brigades among the wan
derers. I'VE want more of this sort of
thing in our theaters. Why can vaude-
vile not have some uplift once in
a while, some touch of higher life. some
solemn and sober incident?'
The public usually takes what it can
get in vaudeville and gracefully ap-
plauds, and these days it certainly
does have the greatest shows. the fin
est management, the most beautiful
theaters and genuinely inexhaustible
and surprising entertainment, So Mr..
Becks glimpse of "the higher llfee
may be in line of succession to the gen.
tlemanly monkeys, the hilarious song
and dance providers and little wonder