The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-01-15


bushel and worked To raise cotton
at 5 cents a pound viii bankrupt
their owners.
With labor scarce and high. sup
plies and implements steep in price,
and cotton low. the raising of meat
and corn at home this year looks
mighty good
It is not All Of Memphis that OPP
poses the state wide idea We
doubt if it is half OF Memphis now,
and believe il would not be any Of
Memphis, ten ycars.hence.
The floating saloon at Vickshurg
was seized, Monday, by the Sheriff
of Warren county. The writ al
legged that the saloon was floating
on waters included in Mississippi
lines.
The Committee ON the judiciary
in the House, has reported favorably
ON the bill to raise the Presidents
salary from $50, 900 to 100000 a
year and the speaker $, to $50, 900.
The old gag" of introducing
bills to tax bachelors has found its
way into the legislatures Of four
States, Iowa, Missouri. Wisconsin
and Texas. since the lst, of
January The bachelors are un-
/ concerned. They know such law
would be unconstitutional.
EThe Senate, also, is in a retalia-
tory mood against the President. 1t
will probably hold up confirmation
Of all important appointments until
March 4th. Roosevelt means to
make his exit from the White House
bomhastes infurioso"
affair.
The blizzard which swept Texas
during the week damaged that state
more than $500, 900 10.OOOhead
! Of cattle succumbed, and fruit and
orange orchards and the sugar cane
crop were damaged greatly.
/ Prosperity just now is not pros
perously prosperous.
A good acreage to Winter Oats
promises to be sown in this county
during January.
/ Hon. c. r. Hightower was re-
elected President of the State
Farmers Union.
Night riders burned two gins in
CIeburne county Alabama, last
week, and whipped one of the GIN
ners because he would not SHUT
( down his his gin.
The world is profoundly impress
ed with the greatness OF Roosevelt,
but comparing his excellency 5
estimate of himself with that Of the
world, degrees fade into insignih-
canoe
The enlargement Of our navy is
being opposed in the conventional
way. Petitions setting forth reasons
why lit should not Toe increased
are being circulated and freely
signed by individuals who assume
to sway national influence in mat
ters of that kind. Conspicuous ON
one of the petitions IS the name of
Booker + Washington. It is safe
to say that the navy viii not be IN
creased.
The House has been So srenously
exercised in rebuking the President
for his ire stirring message that il
has employed most of lis time
since in recovering its breath.
The book farmer Is fast be-
coming the prosperous agricultrist
of the country. The Weekly is
glad to note that this class il steadily
increasing in Monroe county.
The Presidential electors met at
Jackson, Monday, to announce the
vote for President of the United
States and TO choose a messenger to
carry the news to Washington.
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing IL through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu- |
table physicians, as the damage they |
will do is ten fold TO the good You |
can possibly derive from them Halls /
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. |
Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. con- /
tains no mercury, and is taken inter- /
4, tTrANr, tho blood