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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
THAT'S A CROWD
Father of Thirty Children Grows
Rich and Continues Farm
Work.

Colonel Roosevelt started for Africa be-
fore being acquainted with the fact that
one OF the best opponents of the anti-race
suicide is John w. Guy, a Delaware man,
who is the father of thirty children, twenty
sons and ten daughters. of Whom there are
twenty-one living, his eldest child, a son,
being SO years old; his youngest, a daugh-
ter of 2 years.
Mr.. Guy is a farmer and resides at
Melfa station, a few miles south Of Deimar,
on the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
railroad. He was 10 years old on April g..
last. In 1855 he was married to Mary Ann
Rayfield, a farmers daughter, both being
In their twenty-second year. To this union
seven children were born.
On September IL. 1868, he was Joined In
wedlock to Margaret Elizabeth Ayers,
who was at the time OF her marriage q
years OF age. The parents of the bride
objected very much to this match. An
elopement was planned, and the MOTTO
be-disappointed wooer, assisted by her
brother, stole his sweetheart from the
house and drove to Newtown, Md. (now
~Pocomoke), and were married at daybreak
the following morning. To this union
eighteen children were born.
His last marriage was to Lola Crockett,
a beautiful girl Of 16 years, the bride
groom then being in his sixty-fifth year.
To this union five children thus far have
been born.
One OF Mr.. Guys sons by his first mar
riage married a sister Of his present wife,
and a daughter OF his second wife married
a brother OF his present wife. Despite the
fact that Mr.. Guy has raised twenty-one
children, he has only twenty-three grand
children and three great-grandchildren,
while eighteen of his own children are
married.
At the time OF his first marriage Mr.,
Guy was practically a poor man, and,
although he has raised three sets OF chill
dren. starting each son out in life, he has
prospered wonderfully, ana now ia owner
OF several nice farms in the surrounding
country, besides his own home.
Although Mr.. Guy is we'll advanced in
years. he is still robust and hearty, with
out a bend in his body and has no gray
hair, and now he may be seen each day
working on the farm with hts hired la
borers, and his appearance would cause
one to think that he will reach the CEN
fury mark. Each morning he may be
seen escorting his four youngest children,
accompanied by his grandchildren. to the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Musings of a Cynic.

Most of us believe in eternal punishment
for our nemie
A man never fights so hard for q prin'
ciple as he does for results.
Occasionally you find a grown man whc
boy.
The things that make a mar discontentet
are not what he has, but what he wants.
II is quite natural that a fellow will never
have a show unless he hos the price OF
admission.
Some men are so rich that they ever
seem to think they can pay their respects
in dollars.
Fine feathers may not make fine birds
but a mans clothes may make him look
like a jay,
There are lots OF good points about many
a man We wouldn't suspect II he didn't tel
us about them.
That women have little sense OF humoi
may be due to the fact that they dom
want to laugh and grow fat.
When a woman's face IL her fortune sh'
shouldn't have much trouble In getting
through life on her cheek.-New York
Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Worst of Its Kind.

Bee Want Ads stimulate business moves
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
BELL BUYS SMALL RIVAL
Nebraska Telephone Company Takes
Over Clark Automatic Line.
MERGEs HEADQUARTERS IN LOCAL
VIII Thus he Enabled to Improve
the Service In Two Iowa
and Eight Nebraska
Towns.

The Nebraska Telephone company has
bought the Clark Automatic Telephone
company with long distance lines and ex-
changes in two Iowa and sight Nebraska
towns.
The headquarters Of the company has
been in Sioux City, but will be moved to
Omaha July / and merged with the Ne
Draska company.
BY taking over the business Of the Clark
Automatic company the Nebraska Tele-
phone company secures better service into
many OF the best towns in northeastern
Nebraska and Merrill and salix. la.
Announcement has been made Of the
sale by w. r. Sly. general manager Of the
Clark company. Mr.. Sly succeeded ]. Her
bert Quick as manager of the company
only a few years ago. Mr.. Quick, whose
principal business is writing books and
magazine stories, now being associate
editor Of LaFollette's Weekly, fell into the
telephone business by accident, but made
a success OF It. His literary work made
the telephone business distasteful to him
and he retired.
six Years Old.
The Iowa Clark Auto company and the
Nebraska Clark Auto company have been
in operation about six years. Alfred S.
Clark Of Providence, II. l., a wealthy
capitalist, was president. and w. r. Sly
OF Sioux City, general manager.
Originally the companies included about
forty cities and towns equally divided be-
tween Iowa and Nebraska, The automatic
phones were used at first, but were dis
carded later for manual service, when toll
connections were established with the Bell
company.
Gradually the properties Of the companies
were sold off to the various towns, until
only ten remained-two in Iowa, Merrill
and Salix, and eight In Nebraska, Ran
dolph, Pilger, Winslde, Laurel. Allen,
Waterbury, Dakota City and Homer.
This bunch Of ten towns were sold out
right to the Bell company and the con-
solidation has been completed by the with
drawal from the field of Mr.. Clark, the
Rhode Island capitalist.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

one, a beggar. whose face was by no means
an unfamiliar one 10 the Judge.
Il am Informed that you have again been
found begging In the public streets said
his honor, sternly, and yet you carried In
your pocket over SO In currency.
Yes. your honor" proudly returned the
mendicant. Il may not be as Industrious
as some, but, sir, 1 am no spenAthrnL"S
Harper's Weekly
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

The meanest OF all the loan sharks on
record has been discovered in Des Moines,
Ia. A concern actually took a mortgage
on a poor woman's wooden leg as part of
her household furniture. When she de-
faulted In aymen on Friday, the mort
limb and lay II on top of her goods and
chattels when they were seized by the
process OF law. A peg leg" as household
IurniIure" seems to be a new classification
Ordinarily II would be considered as wear
ing apparel"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
A bachelors Reneetions.

All the money a man could make In one
form of Investment he loses In another.
The more mistakes a man makes the
iuckier he is II none OF them were TO get
married.
Where a girl is smart Is knowing how
many more beauK she can have by being
pretty without the brains.
A woman would just as lief be married
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27

to a street sweep as a prince II il would
give her the seat OF honor at dinner.
When the baby gaIis- three pouncs IN
two weeks It's because mes so naturally
smart: when he doesn't, us the milkman's
faulL-NeW York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
Most WoDderfui HenIinw.

After suffering many years with a sore,
Amos King, Port Byron. N. Y, was cured
by Bucklen's Arnica salve. Csc. For sale
by Beaten Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
A Gentle AspersiOA.

Among the prisoners brought before a
police magistrate one Monday morning was
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08
Dramatic Recital.

Miss Martha Fowlkes, in dramatic
recital, under the auspices of the La
dies Missionary Society of the Christian
Church, will appear at Reynolds Opera
House next Wednesday night, Oct Is.
Miss Fowlkes will be assisted by Mr.. Lea
Garth and Miss Bessie Morgan.
Sometime last year Miss Fowlkes
gave reading at the opera house and
delighted cultivated audience with the
beauty and warmth of genuine express
sion. This paper felt that this was one
time especially in which it could speak
with unreseryed praise of the gift of
voice and talent. 1t was a rare treat,
and we take the liberty of quoting from
higher authority relative to the young
woman.
Miss Martha Fowlkes, reader of
much note, was the feature of this oc-
casion. Her appearance last evening at
the Woman's Club Recital was a sue
cess in every detail New York World.
An enthusiastic and appreciative au
dience was in attendance last evening at
the Conservatory of Music to greet Miss
Martha Fowlkes, the talented reader.
The program waa pretty combination
of serious and humorous selections, and
the versatility of the reader left nothing
to be desired. Too much cannot be
said in praise of Miss Foulkes work,
which was artistic and especially capti-
waiting. The recital was one of the most
successful of the many enjoyable affairs
given during the season of the Consev
atory of Music. The Dayton (Ohio)
Journal.
Admission, 25 and 35 cents.
Proceeds to be used for benefit of the
school recently located in the noun
tains of East Tennessee.
Tickets on sale at the usual place.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08
Fine fruit at Dahnke's.
"The Final Settlement.

A well-told, consistent story; castSof
unusual excelence a theme that is re-
cognized by all thinking men and wo-
men to be one of the most serious
menaces to the future welfare of society
in general, and its evil results and the
inevitable moral conveyed in a manner
so convincing as to be actually startling,
are a few of the reasons which account
for the great success which the latest
cont ri button to contemporaneous
dramatic literature, The Final Settle
ment, has met with. Reynolds Opera
House Tuesday night, Oct r.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08

| Ply boys and girls, her rich hills and fer
tile yallys, her running streams and
beautiful lakes, her beautiful white
schoolhouses that dot the land, her
beautiful churches with spires pointing
towards heaven, their sacred affairs and
ordinances and all the interests Of this
grand county | have seven members
of my family includipeasS h1ee grand
children sleeping The green sod
in Obion County. Her interests are my
interests, and to make a faithful eff
Gent County Judge is the measure of my
ambition, and as free independent
American citizen | ask this honor with
an unwavering faith that - will be
given. T.M Y AWE.
Fine fruit at Dahnke'S.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08
Public Sale of Personal Property.

At my residence in the Seventh Civil
District of Obion County, Tennessee, on
Saturday, October %, 1909, l will sell
at public cutlery to the highest bidder
all of my farming tools, implements
and machines, live stock, consisting of
horses, mules, cows, hogs and sheep,
my household and kitchen furniture,
and all of my property used in conduct
ing my said farm. Terms of sale: All
items under $1,000 cash. Where credit
is desired note with good and approved
security will be required. My intention
is to close up my affairs with the view
of moving, and the sale will be made to
effectuate this purpose. | have %
horses and mules to be sold.
R. c. REYNOLDS.
October 6. 1909
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08
TO the Voters of Obion County.

Having announced myself as a candi-
date for the second time for County
Judge of Obion County | desire to say
a few things in regard to the office
sought and in regard to the contest for
the office. | regard this as the most
important office in the county. In it
all of the most vital interests concen-
trate, and on the supervision exercised
by the County Judge and by the court
over which he presides depends the
thrift, the prosperity and the happiness
of the people. The schools, the SAM
tary measures, the protection from con-
tagious diseases, the county asylum and
the proper care of the poor and unfortu-
nate ones, the appointment of admins
traitors, executors, the settlement of es-
tates or establishment of wills, the
building of bridges, the working or
keeping up of public roads and various
other things come under the supervision
of the County Judge and court. | do
not believe in stingy, niggardly policy,
nor in a reckless extravaganza policy but
in the exercise of rigid economy and at
all times living within the means pro-
vIded by the county. | am now and
have at all times been opposed to bond
issues for bridges and public roads and
prefer the pay as you go plan, which
can by judicious management and rigid
of the law give the county
good roads without increasing the pres
ent burden | believe that the law re-
curing the Judge to sign the order on
the Trustee for the money paid contract
ors is more than mere form and that
his signature is an assurance that the
law has been complied with.
| have two opponents, both clever
gentlemen. Judge Lawson, who has
held the office for eight long years and
who has drawn eight thousand dollars
from the county treasury, is candi-
late. Eight years ago he ran against
his predecessor, Judge Caldwell, who
had served eight years and snatched
he judicial ermine from that faithful,
Efficient official, thereby saying by
word and action eight years is long
,nough and thereby contradicting all
lis argument for reelection. Mr..
Chambers is SO richly endowed and so
situated that it would be in
ustice and would compel him to lose
vice the salary to fill the office, and a
ew more years experience will ripen
md better equip him for the office. So
want to defeat him for his own good
md protection. 1t seems that the
folden Rule would dictate to Judge
lawson to open his eyes, his ears and
lacken his grasp on the county tit and
i've place to another as he forced
Judge Caldwell to do. | want the office
or the honor and the salary connected
18th it and because | believe 1 am COM
etent to fill it as the law directs. am
OF rich and will not plead the pauper
ct, but in raising and educating in the
est schools of the county and thor
ughly equipping nine children, seven
aughters and two sons, to fight LIES
attles, my resources were much ex-
austed. | would consider it a great
onor to be the Judge of Obion County. :
love her big hearted patriotic sires and
veet spirited mothers, her gallent sons
nd queenly daughters, her joyous hap
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08
A Bargain in Real Estate.

haXe one Broom house and two 4
room IN located on a lot containing
about thE<S 0f an acre at the
corner of Cheatndfn and First streets
that | will sell for S1200-$200 cash
and the balance on five years time,
payable 5000 each year. This property
is now rented for S203 a year. l am
making this price and terms in order to
effect a quick sale O. SPRADLIN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-08


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FALL FAIR MEETING
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DOMESTIC ARTS Mrs. seid waddell. superintendent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-16
EARTHQUAKE IN
JAPAN KILLS 80
Hundreds of Buildings Destroyed
and District Flooded by
Efida River

TOKYO, Aug. 15.-Reports received
today concerning the earthquake in
central Japan Saturday show that there
was a number OF fatalities and that
great damage was done to property
The dead at present is said to be 80,
though it is feared that the fatalities
will be greatly increased by the out
lying districts when heard from.
The number of persons injured is 80.
Thus far $50 buildings. including many
temples, are reported to have been de-
stroyed and more than 1000 others bad
ly damaged.
The shock occurred at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday afternoon and affected a wide
area In the Shiga and Gifu procedures.
The town of Asaku In Gifu suffered
terribly. The banks of the Hida river
are broken and the country is mum
dated. The people OF the district fed
to high ground and remained in the
open all night. Intermittent shocks
were felt throughout Saturday night
and early this morning. The noun
tain Ibuki, short distance west of
Gifu, emitted smoke in the early stages
OF the earthquake and then collapsed
with a thunderous roar.
Slight damage was done at Nagoya.
to the southwark of Gifu, and neigh
boring villages.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-16
MONUMENT TO DEAD
OF VALENCIA WRECK
Seattle Labor Unions Dedicate
Stone Shaft to Victims

SEATTLE. Aug. 15.-with simple
but appropriate ceremonies. the monu-
ment erected in Mount Pleasant ceme-
terry by organized labor in memory NJ
the Is unidentified dead whose bodies
were recovered from the wreck of the
i'll fated steamer Valencia which wa 9
lost of the coast of Vancouver island
early In 1906 was unveiled this after
noon.
short addresses were made by Rev. T
w. N Wilson Of the Westminster Pres
oyterian church. Seattle, and Charles
z. Iaylor of Tacoma, secretary OF the
Washington state federation OF labor
The monument is field stone SHAFT
seven feet high and cost $1,000.
During a thick fog January %. 1905
the Pacific Coast steamship comDanv,s
steamer Valencia, coming from San
francisco, ran lon the rocks at the
foot OF a high cliff near Cape Beale
on the west coast OF Vancouver island
and was lost with a death total. Of
III lives. Only 81 of the 154 passen-
gers and crew we're saved, 90 of the
rescued being officers and crew. Fiji
teen OF the lost were never identified
and were buried by the labor orrani-
cations OF Seattle.
The funeral services following the
wreck were held in the Grand opera
house, ministers from all denomina
lions taking part. Thirteen bodies
had been recovered at that time and
organized labor furnished six nall
bearers for each casket, every local
union participating.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-16
TAKE CENSUS OUT OF
POLITICS, ORDERS TAFT
Serves Notice That Professional
Job Hunters Must Go

BEVERLY, Mass. Aug. 15.-In let
ter addressed today to Secretary Nagel
of the department Of commerce and
labor, President Taft served notice that
any man employed in taking the thir-
teenth census who engages in politics
in any way will Immediately be dis
missed. Outside of casting their votes
the president believes that census SUI
pervisors and enumerators should
keep clear of anything that savors of
politics, national, state or local
Tan says that in appointing census
supervisors it has been found necessary
to select men recommended by senators
and congressman in their districts. He
says he realizes that this method of
selection might easily be perverted to
political purposes and it is to take the
census out of politics. so far as the
actual work is concerned. that he has
explicitly expressed his desire regard
ing regulations.
Among the appointments of super
visors announced today are these:
California-First district, II. Julian
Wright; fourth district, John j. Deane
sixth district, Lewis Lincoln bennett;
seventh district, George Fitch.
Idaho-District, Joseph Perreault Jr.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-16
bARTN[TT SAYS
WILSON IS Man
BEHIND MILLION
Vice President of Great Western
Power Company to Aid
Bank Reorganization
Water Rights and Western Pa
cific Stock Form Chief In
ducements for Support

The man behind the million Walter
j. Bartnett has promised to place at
the disposal of the California safe de-
post and trust company, if his plan for
the reorganization of the financial in
stitution is adopted, was announced
yesterday as H. P. Wilson of New York.
vice president and chief stock holder
of the Great Western power company,
the great corporation said to be closely
allied to the Western Pacific railroad
Wilson was expected in San Francisco
yesterday. He will reinforce BARNETT
and the reorganization committee of
the depositors in opposing Receiver E.
j. lie Breton's petition before Superior
Judge Seawell for permission to order
at once a 10 per cent dividend to the
depositors.
INTERESTED IN WATER RIGHTS
Wilson is the managing member of
a syndicate which will furnish the
81 900, 600 Edwin Hawley is said to
be member of this syndicate.
Wilson's interest in the bank is
obvious. The most valued single assets
of the wrecked institution are the
Al, 500 shares of Western Pacific rail-
ue of $50 each, and the very choice
water rights held by the bank on Clear
lake and in the nearby region. Wilson
is directly interested in the water
rights. and he has secured the attention
of Edwin Hawley of the Western Pa
cif1c railroad who also is interested in
the water company.
The battle before Seawell today
promises to be bitter. LIE Breton had
frowned upon the reorganization
scheme brought from New York by
Bartnett, who then got into communi-
cation with Wilson.
The receiver will ask for the imme-
date 10 per cent dividend, and will
ter of the depositors-all organized and
strongly in favor of the BARNETT
scheme.
The reorganization faction says that
lie Breton undertakes the assets, that
he has placed too low valuation on
them from the first and that he should
hold them until they advance yet
higher The reorganizers believe that
the assets total 100000, which is
some $4.Ooo,Ooo more than LIE Bretons
estimate.
Wilson, in q way, represents the syn
dictate operating both the Western Pa
cific railroad and the Great Western
power company, but he will be remem-
bered as former Pacific coast agent In
the firm of Brown & Wilson of the
steel trust He has 100000 invested
in the power concern, which has led
to his promise of 100000 to the de-
flInct hank
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-16

CANEA. island OF Crete, Aug. To-
The Cretan government has resigned
and the administration of the island
has been entrusted to provisional COM
naittees- The committees have had the
armed peasants expelled from the fort
ress. which they occupied Saturday
night, intending to resist the order of
the powers that the Greek flag be
lowered.
The committees, however, have not
hauled down the flag which was raised
when the troops of the powers recently
evacuated the island.
The British battleship Swiftsure ar
rived today in Huda bay in the western
portion Of the island.
Italian Cruisers Sail
ROME. Aug. 15.-The Italian cruisers
Francesca Ferrucio, Varez, Giuseppe
Garibaldi and Giovanni Bausan sailed
today for Crete and will be followed
late tonight by the battleships Regina
Elena Napoleon and Vittorio Emman-
uelo Ill
French Warships Ready
TOULON. Aug 15.-The armored
cruiser Jules Ferry has been ordered