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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
Man Who Mysteriously Disappears
From Chicago Returns, Kisses
Wife and Starts Again.

Chicago. March 2l-After an alb
sence of twenty years John Allies re
turned to his home in Evanston to
day, kissed his wife and took up til
thread of existence where he had
dropped off Twenty years ago he
mysteriously disappeared.
Recently his son received informa-
ton that his father was working on
a ranch near Whittier. Cal trip to
California resulted in the return of
the father and son today. Il got dis
couraged, that was all', said Allies to
his wife.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
REST AND RECREATION
Characterized Taft's Sabbath Yester
day as is His Wont-WaIked
TO Church and Back.

Washington, March 21.-Presiden
Taft. as is his wont, spent the Sab
bath in rest and recreation. He at
tended services this morning at AL
Souls Unitarian church.
He walked to and from church anc
was the center OF attraction frcm the
throngs along the route At the con
clusion of the services the presid n
IRE turned to the White House In the
afternoon Taft took a spin in a tour
ing car returning in time to greet
Nrs. TAFT upon her return from New
York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
ODD FELLOWS, ATTENTION.

The members of Alexander and
Stafford lodges are requested TO at
tend the funeral of Bro. r. Rosen-
berg, of Vienna. III. The remains W Il
arrive In Cairo via Big Four at 1888
O'Clock this morning. Funeral train
will leave Illinois Central station az
2:40 O'Clock p. m. for villa Ridge
cemetery. Brothers are requested to
meet at Alexander lodge at D. m
to attend the funeral.
GEORGE WILSON.
Vice Grand.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
GIRL CoNFfSSES
LOVE FOR PASTOR
MISS CORA SHORT GIVES STORY
OF Her AFFAIR WITH
MINISTER.
AT CARUTHERSVILlF,MO.
The Pastor, Rev. Lyman j. +. JACK
son Was Expeiled-HiG Success
OF is Rev. A. S. J. Balbridge,
Formerly of Cairo.

The Rev. A. S J. Badrilgp. fer.
merly of Cairo. who was pastor hero
Of the Southern Mt rhodist church,
I has been appointed to fill charge at
+ Caruthersyille No, to fill a vacancy
caused by the sensational affair there
as the result of'whlch the former pas
tor, the Rev, Lyman f. Jackson, was
| expelled from the church.
A dispatch from Charlottesville SAYS
regarding the matter:
AS Hester Prynne. sad-faced mar,
Tyr of the Scarlet Letter. standing
on the scaffold in the sight of the
grim, drab-coated Puritans, with
proud humility. the handclasp of
Pastor Dimmesdale as a sign TO all
the world Of her mighty love, 50
Miss Cora Short rose in the Metho-
DIST church here and made her cen
fession Of love for the Rev. Lyma
F. jackson, depCsed pastor Of the
church
The same awe and wonder at the
emotion that stepped her life in dusky
happiness. commirgled with inexpres-
sibe grief, that filled Hester's heat
lighted the pale face of the young
Missouri school teacher. The mal
she loved was not beside her. but had
spoken before, making a public con-
feSsion, ana would have been ready
to stand up and take her hand hal
he been present when this drama OF
the prayer meeting was enacted.
Preacher Expelled From Church.
Among the spectators was the new
minister, the Rev, A. 5. j. Baldridgc.
who took the place left vacant when
Pastor Jackson was expelled from the
church following his acknowledge |
ment of MS love of Miss Short NJ |
Baldridge had just preached a SER
mon on the Downfall OF St. Paul"
Then Miss Short asked permission to !
make a statement.
1t was granted A hush fell upon |
the congregation as she stood up.
Il have sinned. oh so much" she |
began, but | believe If my position !
was understood | would be excused !
and forgiven. may never stand |
among you as | once did, but want |
to do right, and am trying so hard |
fpnl- HAT / -Annd- the protection nj |
Gods people in this, my greatest |
trial
at is all so strange to me how that |
grew can't explain-I |
don't know how. II came right wlleh
| was trying, and believe, was living |
closer TO God than ever before.
knew it was wrong and was SO sorry. !
| went to Mrs. Jackson and told her
all about it; many times We talked it
over If she were here she would
tell you all say is true.
Il am so sorry for her feel that
have done her great wrong, but she
knew it wasn't my fault, that it
couldn't be helped My greatest sin
Is against her, the church and soci-
ETY., and the little children | taught
IN the public school, who had so
much confidence in me. | am sincere.
am telling the truth. | will not be
.alse.
Those terrible things they are
elllrg about US are not true. | don't
know how to say il. but we did moth
ng worse than TO permit this infatua
ion-this love-to grow. He did not
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
COUNTRY CLUB TALL
(For the Bulletin by X. Ray Faber),

(For the Bulletin by X. Ray Faber).
DR.. Daremus: What do you think
lof this? 4 man at the Springfield
corn show a few DAYS since sold ten
cars of corn he had on exhibitions fol
$4,000. The Same corn previously
had tax II $4,000 in premiums at
fairs or corn shows.
Col Eanes IT reminds me of a
practical joke Capt. Billy Williams
perpetrated last year. An ingenious
aud patient young farmer male ON ar
tidcial gar Of ccrn that !otel very
natural eNce! as to size: il We ghed
nine lbs, He placed il ON eXhibi ion
at the Union County fair, held at
JCnesboro. Capt. Billy bought the
curiosity, had photograph of it
taken, which he had engraved. The
engraving and plausible article OF
the ear Of corn Were published in the
Jonesboro Gazette The publication
attracted the attention of the editcr
Of an agricultural Journal of wide
| circulation. He wrote to Capt VII
lams and the Captain sent him the
engraving and alleged facts in regard
to the ear OF corn, which were pull
lished with comments in the farmer
paper, Soon ait the Capt2in CON-
meneed receiving letters of Inquiry
in regard TO the corn. from different
states, and SEINE of them offeeed as
high as S25 fer the car IN his posses.
SIGN The Captain invariably re-
piled that the ear Of corn was cot for
sale at any price. Ar last accounts
the wonderful ear Ct corn was yet on
exhibition in the window Ct a drug
store in JonesbCro.
. Prof Foster: Capt. Bnly's joke
was hardly equal to that played upon
the disciples of phonetic spelling. of
which Josh Billings was the dis
tinguished author, BY President
Roosevelt But little attention was
given the new spelling fad until tie
president gave it endorsements then
il had a little boom until the people
Investigated It. Many newspapers
adopted il in part, then came the re-
action. Congress and the colleges,
and all eminent literary people |
dropped upon it with a dull tbud and
Quashed the life out of the fail Z,
Roosevelt probably intended this re
suit from the prominence he gave it,
for he never adopted the short spell.
ing in his compositions. private or
public, although he erleavored to in
troduce it IN congress and the gov
eminent departments. The fad is
dead Nobody now has tie courage
to acknowledge that he ever favored
it, Rooseyelt's joke. whether inten.
tionaL or intentional. killed it,
DR. Gains The latest big Joke I
have noticed was the speech OF
Narylander in congress in behalf Of
woman suffrage. He said you eN-
tend suffrage to ignorant foreign rs
and refuse It to intelligent wcm n"
He forgot that every Jack has his Jill
that for every ignorant or vicious in.
there IS an ignorant ana
vicious. or vile woman and that the :,
latter would have the right - vote
under the female suffrage privilege.
He forgot that the vote of intelligent
and pure women who could be in.
duced to 60 to the polls wcu'd be off
set by the opposite class. who world
be easily got out 10 cast their 'ba.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
Always Safe Investment.

Benjamin Franklin said: IF a man
empties his purse into his head no
man can take it from him An in.
vestment in knowledge always pays
the best interest" Home, friends
education, health. honor. and religion
these are the ministering angels thai
alone are worthy to walt upon the soul
crowned with the sapphire glow Of
Immortality.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
RInhtI

Does It do any good TO worry! IL
does. 1t gives the doctor a chance
to earn the price of meal ticket. the
maker OF dyspepsia dope a chance to
work off his truck upon your system,
and eventually ii gives the grave-dig.
ger a job. OF course 1t pays to worry.
Los Angeles Express.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22

cauiCu Il weakness
and broken down
cond j ton of the
system. | read so
much hat Lydia
+. Pinkhail's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women [
felt sure it would
help me. and | must
say it did help me-
wonderfully. My
pains all left Me. I
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
Middle Course the Hes.

Lobster and champagne for supper
that's high jinks Sawdust and near
coffee for breakfast-thats hygiene.
Between these two eminences, how
ever. there's room for some genuine
living.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
POLICE MAGISTRATE.

Judge A. ]. Ross authorizes his
announcement as a candidate for re-
election to the office Of Police Magis-
trate of the City of Cairo, at the
election to be held on Tuesday, April
20, 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE.

John Hogan authorizes his an
nouncement as a candidate for Pc
lice Magistrate of the city OF Cairo
at the election to be held on Tuesday.
April 90 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
COUNTY,. COMMISSIONER.

Peter Saup authorizes his an
nouncement as candidate for com
ty commissioner of Alexander county
subject to the Republican primary
election to be held Tuesday. April 90,
1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
Scheduled
amount.
Totals .....$15s.OOO.O00 $4,000

Under the provisions Of the propose
act estates ranging from $4,000 to
100000 will be subject to a tax of
per cent, from Sl00000to $500, 900
they will be subject to a tax Of , per
cent. and above 100000 the tax Will
be per cent. Five hundred dollars
or more. left 10 collateral heirs re-
ceiying $500 or more, will be taxed )
per cent. The bill is framed similar
to the inheritance tax law of New
York state.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

Prot S. E. Colt authorizes his an
nouncement as Republican candi'
date for County Superintendent Of
schools, at the primary election to be
held on Tuesday April Is. 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
POLICE MAGISTRATE.

Andrew Whitcams authorizes his
announcement as candidate foI
Police Magistrate of the city of Cairo
at the election to be held on Tues
day, April 20. 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
FAMOUS DOCTOR DEAD.

Chicago. March 2L-Dr. Ferdinand
Carl Hotz. noted as a writer on oph.
thalmolcgy died at his country resi-.
denee at Morton Grove. ILL.,, today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
Forecasts for Today.

Cairo and vicinity: Fair and
warmer
Illinois, Washington, March I'll
Fair Monday or Tuesday; warmer
Tuesday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22

Mote: The above sun and moon
record is for Illinois and approx.
mates the record at Cairo within a
few minutes.1
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR MAYOR.

George Parsons authorizes his an
nouncement as candidate OF the
CITIZENS PROGRESSIVE PARTY
for reelection to the office of Mayor
OF Cairo, at the election to be held on
Tuesday, April 20, 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
Observation-Disclosures
THE WEATHER
Yesterdays Cairo Temperature.
General Conditions.

The day was partly cloudy AMI
quiet. There was no rain in sight IN
the vicinity.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
Sun and Moon.

Sun will rise today. $50. G.02 a. m
Sun will set tonight. 80. 6:13 p. nj
Moon viii rise tonight. 1924 p. N.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22

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meet me in the church yard at night
or any other secret place as they
say, He did not come TO The school
two evenings and to my room. but
he never stayed late but one time.
| He stayed one time till after dusk
and walked home with me. and feI
III Was So unwise. He walked with me
10 prayer meeting that night. The
school room was not locked, as they
, say 1t was. He was only in there
talking over his ideas of the affair.
God knows that was all
Girl Asks Advice.
81 knew he could not get divorce.
u didu't know. don't think what the
consequences would be. | know YOU
all can't understand this. but you will
me. know you Will believe believe
believe me. know you will.
Il decided at first not TO make n
statement. but don't know what Is
best wish could stop these ter
rible, vicious stories they tell. Nest
Ct these vile things are started by a
low class aud | hate to try to settle
il IL court. | thought I would come
here first, tell my side, aad ask adj
vice WHAT shall | do? leave il
with you.
Until Miss Short addressed the
prayer meeting she had remained Sc
cluded in her home, refusing TO see
visitors. maintains an unhr0ken 81
lence regarding the topic which has
so agitated Charlottesville since Mr..
Jackson told publicly OF his love for
her,
Confession a Surprise.
No one-not even the new minister
was expecting anything of the kind
from the young woman last night.
Her presence al the prayer meeting
was observed and her name was
in whispers among tie
Her statement was re-
ceived in profound silence The ben
adictiCn was pronounced and the
went home, too thrilled
even to gossip about what had
passed
Mr.. Jackson is in Caruthersyille
still. He has left the parsonage and
IS living at a hotel He says he is de-
-ermined to set himself and Miss
Short right before the world,
\ few evenings ago, at the depot
lie met j. A. Smith, school house Jan
tor, who is reported to have said
hat he saw the minister and Miss
Short together in her school room al
er dark. The former clergyman de
bounced the janitor and called his
tory a deliberate falsehood /
Mrs Jackson aud her three child !,
en- are with her parents in Wichita
<an. When she was asked the othec
lay if she wanted her household !,
goods shipped 10 her there, she re-
llied;
no, not unless my husband comes
co; | want him most
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22

Speed Of the Dolphin.
The dolphin can travel 40 miles an
hour.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-22

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06

four commissioners. He could thus
determine for the people Of Sioux
Falls or Mitchell, or Aberdeen, or
any other city, it's local government.
He could throw out of Office any
county official, except the county
treasurer. He is thus made a bigger
man than the courts, or the people,
and is given an absolute authority
for which the plain people Of the
state will not stand for a minute.
Suppose some one in Sioux Falls
should make complaint to the gov
ernor under this law, that the mayor
and the commissioners are not doing
their duty. The governor could, if
he desired, suspend the accused
officers; he could appoint others in
their stead; he could delay hear
ing throughout his entire term, if he
desired; there would be no appeal
from his decision; there is no fixed
time for a hearing, no method Of
procedure is determined; and any
body can make complaint, and the
governor is not even required to
declare who it is who makes the
complaint. In other words, local
self.government would come to an
end, with governor who was dis
posed to use the power thus given
him by the reform" legislature.
He could remove aldermen, CT
mayors, he could change commits
sioners, he could remove county
officials, he could even remove a dis
trict Judge for rendering decision
which did not please him, he could
retire township officers, and put in
his own henchmen, and from his
decision there would be no appeal.
Thus, under this new law, the gov
ernor, in his great wisdom, would be
the whole thing for every commun-
ity, the local executive, the courts,
and the entire township, city, county
and state administration.
II is not enough to say that no
governor would use this power. The
question is: Do the people of the
state want to give such power to any
one man? Suppose we should elect
governor who did want to use it?
Suppose a democrat should be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06
crops, we'll TODD farmers, good
homes and good schools. And, we
may add, the brightest prospects to
be found anywhere. Tell the plain
truth. 1t will win.

DEMANDS MORE LEGS FOR CHICKENS.
Never since Nero ate ounce pre-
serves has the chicken of commerce
had enough legs. All Of them have
enough legs to walk on and to
scratch with, the game cocks can put
up great fight with 'em, and as
long as the chicken is alive there are
legs enough on him-or her -as the
case may be. But the moment you
prepare the chicken for the table,
when it lies resting in gravy and
dressing and is the center OF interest
you realize that it hasn't legs enough
to 60 round. Some people like the
white breast, some prefer dark meat,
and there are even those who call
for the gizzard and the neck. But
most Of them like the leg. As the
common or garden chicken has but
two legs, there are never enough to
supply the demand.
Mamie calls for the drumstick,
johnnie wants the leg, Willie wants
= leg Just like Johnnie's, and that
leaves father and mother without q
single chicken leg to their names.
And i company has come TO dinner
the whole family has to sit around
and watch the visitors hold the
drumstick by the bone end and eat
the sweetmeat, while the family Is
left Iegless and forlern. Baltimore
Sunday Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06
A SOUTH DAKOTA BOOST.

John Longstaff, in the Huron
Huronite, in speaking of the move
ment to advertise South Dakota, takes
occasion to give one OF the best boosts
the state has received in some time,
in the following:
What is needed, however il is to
be provided for, is to tell the plain
truth about the state, its climate,
productions, institutions and people.
No portion Of our country is perfect;
every part has its own peculiar draw
backs. But all things considered,
we believe that South Dakota is one
Of the very best Of the states Of the
union to live in. And, when more
fully developed, must take still
higher rank. There are portions
with more balmy climate, as on
the western coast. But the testi-
mony Of unbiased persons is that
South Dakota has that country s'beat
a mile" for opportunities TO gain a
livelihood and more. The biggest
|crcp that California has ever pro-
duced consists Of tourists. II is
surely 6ne not TO Be- obliged 70 pur.
chase fur coats for winter, but, on
the other hand, one wishes TO live
where be can earn ths price Of one.
Residents forget, a : nue like she
present, that the weather : shout q
variable in most other portions Of
the country - here, and that the
season Is also Backward. This Is
true from here TO the Atlantic coast
and back % the great divide. South
Dakota can still claim 70 Be the sun
shine state, the land Of abundant
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06
rnr WESTERN EARN MORTGAGE.

Ten or fifteen years ago the farm
mortgage in the west was synonym
GUS with ruin. That was because
the rapid development OF western
states by men with little or no CAPT.
tai had been checked by a series OF
years Of crop failure combined with
nation wide industrial depression.
Only too many Of the borrowers
found themselves without resources
to tide over the hard times. Then
came period Of recuperation on the
basis of splendid crops for many
successive years. The debtors put
all their energies at work to pay off
their creditors, and some Of the
western states got themselves into
such condition that a farm mort
gage was almost as hard to find as 3
farm without a mortgage had been a
few years previously.
When that stage had been reached
the fortunate farmers, along with
the townspeople who shared their
prosperity, found themselves accu-
mulating funds which needed invest
ment. Purchases of adjoining lands
sent land values rapidly upward, and
in many cases farmers began to pur-
chase cheap lands still farther west
for their sons. Ia this way Nebraska
and Kansas and Dakota are engaged
in doing now what Illinois and Indi.
ana and Ohio did generation ago.
Such purchasers often involve tenn.
porary debts, and so the farm mort
gage now begins to become a little
more frequent, but with an entirely
different significance from what it
had two decades ago.
The Nebraska bureau OF labor and
indurtsial statistics reports that last
year the farm mortgages filed
amounted to total Of 1914, 400, 900,
as against $50, 100000 released, a
slight increase. The city real estate
mortgages filed amount to almost
$14, 100000, as against $4,000, 900
released, which indicates an era Of
home building, partly due to far
mers moving into the city and
acquiring town homes, while at the
same time keeping their farms as a
source OF income. Chattel mort
cages filed amounted to $34, 400, 900
as against $19,000,0O0 released, a
large part Of which may probably be
attributed to the appearance of ten
ants on the farms which the owners
are ceasing to work with their own
hands. This mortgage extention is
one stage in the movement Of pros
perity. There are no indications
that states like Nebraska and Kan
sas can ever again suffer such depres-
sion as that of the '90s. Chicago
Record Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06
All Kinds OF Things.
MAKES GOVERNOR a GEAR.

Attention is just being called to a
new law passed by the last session OF
the Legislature, which, when it is
understood by the people, will cause
a vigorous and generous protest. 1t
is reported that an effort will be
made TO invoke the referendum on
the measure, and il 80, it should be
promptly signed by every man who
believes In home rule for his own
county, or municipality, and when
the people get chance at it they
should vote it down by an over
whelming majority. Failing in this,
the law should be promptly repealed
by the next legislature.
The law in question is to be found
on page l81 of the Session Laws of
1909. 1t is chapter l07, and is an
act to amend section 1904 OF the
Political Code.
The new law makes car out of
the governor OF the state. 1t puts a
potential end TO home rule in every
community in the state. 1t makes
the governor the whole thing. 1t
gives to him powers almost equal to
those OF the car OF Russia and the
sultan OF Turkey. II will be well
for the people OF the state to inquire
most closely into this matter before
they allow such d law to 60 on the
statute books, even if it was put
there by "reformers.
The new law gives to the governor
the power to remove from Office call
constitutional officers OF this state,
not liable to impeachment, and all
elective county, township, city,
municipal and precinct officers,
except members Of the legislature.
In other words the governor OF the
state could, il he SO willed, remove
the mayor Of Sioux Falls, and the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06

elected governor who wanted to
remove all republican county officials
and city officials, for partisan pur-
posesY How could he be stopped!
Certainly, if there is law in the
whole list which ought to be sub
mitted to the referendum, it is this
one. Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-06
JESUS

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Republican:
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