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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06

ALAHoMA CITY. Oct 5.-Not-
Standing the reStrainlns orders IL.
BY the Federal court az 0uthrle,
Bank commlsalouef Ycune. un.
direction Of Governor c. n. Has.
continued payments 60 the De.
Tors Of TIE failed columbla Bank
laEhout the day. IadTe C6tteral
cone 70 Oklahoma City today and
court 70 ascertain e ne bank
nisiiouer = IA contempt
eaident Merton. q the bank and
associates. hare offered 500. 90
p state banking board Coz . r.
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oanking bosgc members said !ast
that ths tank prohatlg via O.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06
Telephone Safeguards
Valuable Fruit Crops

Ons q M benefits tbs telephone
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06
|ESIDENT SPEAKS
AT SACRAMENTO, CAL.
He viii Hereafter Discuss More the Leading
Questions Of the Day.

.,RAMENTo, Cal. Oct. 5.-After
= one of the longest jumps OF
p and travelling for twenty-five
through Oregon and the north
California, President Taft ar.
here last night at 7:1O o'clock.
he will proceed to Oakland and
Francisco. The President was
aimed at dinner, was taken for
,tomobile ride through the city
made an address in the State
D grounds.
President selected for the prin.
feature of his speech the con-
lion of natural resources, in
he declared anew that before
of the Roosevelt policies of con.
zion can be carried into effect,
'matory and enabling legislation
be secured. and he pledged him
! use all his power to induce
Tess TO pass the laws necessary.
Ting already made a number of
peeches covering the various sub
he expects to Incorporate in his
y message to Congress. the Presi-
during the rest OF his tour will
ss in more or less detail, many
} phases Of the larger questions,
+ believes that after ali, the de-
count more than a mere general
ration of policy.
ling the twenty-five hours ride
ben Portland and Sacramento,
ply stops we're at division points
Ds necessary to the operation of
rain.
Dunsmuir, near the foot OF Mount
"a, a magnificent snow-clad peak,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06

wise, Now We are attempting by the
general law Of the United States TO
suppress that kind OF abuse
They were brought 20 the htten
ton Of the people In marvellous cru
SADIE by my predecessor, Theodore
Roosevelt, and II Is my duty 10 con
tInue those policies and TO enforce
them as far as | may. and recon.
mend to Congress that there be put
upon the American statute books those
laws that shall clinch the progress
which was made under him. which he
preached and which we all look for.
ward 20 as a permanent condition II
is 10 the people that we must look
for am enforcement Of these princl-
pies.
You should select your representa-.
tives and have them know you are
watching them IN Congress and that
they follow the law OF enforcement
NOW. my fellow citizens. I feel
sure that you are not only healthy
In body but healthy IN mind. that you
are In favor OF the good things that
you are 70 favor Of decent govern.
ment: that you are IN favor 81 de-
cent men and decent women. aud that
you look forward 70 the future az
time when We shall al grow better"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06
lnpru.lna lals pslIeIns.

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man. Il enIarEing as1 impTosing BIZ
bunaing and having be &c. boiler 10.
siaIed. uhich makes BIZ place . ueE
steam aua6ry. SIS upid iaereaso ih
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he eemand
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06

the President declared that the night
of solid sleep and the, bracing air Of
Northern California had entirely
knocked out" the cold he contracted
in Seattle.
Mr.. Taft thoroughly enjoyed his
stay on the train He read little,
lounged about the car, played a
friendly game of bridge" with men,
bers of his party and during the FIVE
or six hours Mount Shasta was in
sight, admired that towering peak in
all the changing aspects the winding
railroad brought into view
The President said yesterday that
he had been overwhelmed with the
reception he had received every
where on the trip.s
After passing today in San
Francisco, President Taft heads for
the Yosemite valley.
Speaking from the car end at Duns.
muir, Cal, President Taft said in
part:
Speech at Dunsmuir.
Everywhere in this country have
found evidence of prosperity, from,
Boston to Portland, and II signs do
not fail we are upon an era of bust
ness enterprise and expansion that
never has been seen In this country
before Now. with that would not
have you forget that there are certain
responsibilities. We have had evils
growing out of prosperity, Men have
seized power by means Of accumula.
tion Of wealth and its use in methods
that are not legal and cannot be APP
proved by way of monopoly and other
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06

started" fays Dr. Page. "and | conn.
IDENTIFY believe that the day u coming
when the people win realize that ne
cutting Of the appendix r. criminal
operation
"Aa Cor ths widely proclaimed
benefits shd saving Of no b. Opera.
lions 20 cut the appendix Il seems
hardly necessary 20 cite The Ions Use
q deaiha l0IIoNInE lha operation.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06
Appendicitis Operations
Should Be Called Criminal

BOSTON. Oct s,--"An operation for
appendicitis should BE- called a crlmi.
nal operation and a. such should b.
prohibited By law" declares d..
Charles r. Pare. Que u me best
knovn BoatoB physlolana
= have been following the records
of appendicitis operations ever since
the craze Tor this fora u surgery
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-06

much sssted over ne success Of their
ea4saFofs. and they afe blessing ne
iiftie INSTRUMENT that made possible
their viet9sY over Jaek Frost a
striking evidences d the value q NJ
telsth0be iies ID dispatches from me
Grand VALLEY. b. western Colorado
Across me line. n Uiah. q hte frost
caused hsavY losses The colo vas
even bit a. lateuss in Colosado. but
here ihs firmes Nd lhqir oFsanlEa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Coming Demand for Labor

Soon after the panic of 1907 many wage-workers left the Birmingham dis trict. There is no way of ascertain ing, even approximately, the number that did leave, but as guess it may be said that four or five thousand men went from Jefferson county, either in search of work or, as in the case of foreigners. to the "old country" to await revival of prosperity.
 Wage-workers who left here to seek employment in some other manufac- turing center were, as rule, disap- pointed, for industrial depression was felt more severely in the north than 1t was in the Birmingham district. Those who remained, therefore, were wiser than those who wandered off.
 There Is now a rapid improvement in the iron and steel industry through hout the country. and before the end of summer the demand for labor in this district will probably be greater than the supply. From the present outlook the labor problem, both as regards skilled and unsl1illed, will soon be more acute than it was even in 1906. Many of the larger industrial concerns, l anticinatine a labor scarcity, are al- ready beginning to arrange to bring in additional men; and there Is certainly no time to be lost in the matter of planning. A good percentage of the Slavs and Italians who went back to their homes will return when they learn that work is waiting for them, and before the end of the year several thousand newcomers would be wei comed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14

cians are endeavoring to cure all cases of leprosy, and their success has been encouraging. Of the AT in the home on May 1, 1908, have been cured, while in 30 the disease has been arrested, and 15 of the 30 show distinct improve ment. The remedy employed in the Louisiana home is an extract of cul- lures obtained from the virulent cases of tuberculosis leprosy. This extract destroys the living germ. In Louisi- ana the hope is that all cases of lep- rosy can be cured, and the success that has attended the efforts there is cer- tainly very encouraging.
 John Early. the Washington leper, could no doubt be cured in Louisiana, and he should, at any rate. have the benefit of all possibilities. The Wash ington authorities should put Early in way to secure a cure, for he is to a certain extent a national patient, a ward of the nation. He is a native of North Carolina.
 New York doctor of good standing in his profession thinks he can himself cure Early. He regards him as a leper suspect only, and Early is anxious to go to New York to be treated by him. No one claims that his kind of leprosy is easily imparted. It can fairly be said to be non-contagious. and there seems to be no good reason why Early should not be afforded an opportunity to seek a cure. He deserves the ut most consideration. for he is an honest, truthful, deserving man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
John Early, Lener

In the case of John Early. who served nine years as a soldier in Cuba and the Philippines, where it is claim. ed he became a leper, attracts no lit. tie attention because he is isolated At Washington in a house in which his wife and two children also live. Early is a truthful, trustworthy man. and tbe authorities take his word that he will not touch any member of his little fam fly. He is receiving a pension of s7s q month, and he is comfortably cared for. although he greatly desires liberty
 His disease has been diagnosed by experts as leprosy of the anesthetic type. He suffers no pain. and he may be cured. It is said that lepers that have Early's type of the disease live long, some in Norway reaching the age of 95 years. The disease in old age cures itself.
 In the Louisiana leper home physi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Carnegie Libraries In This Country

Few know how rapidly the vast for tune of the Steel King is covering this country with libraries. He has built 1547 library buildings and 311 branch library buildings at a cost of $51, ,596,- 903! As things are going there will soon be no considerable county seat or local commercial center of trade that is without Carnegie library.
 But every town that accepts Carne. gie library shoulders a burden, for the canny Scotchman builds no library in a town unless that town agrees to sup. port the library by taxation. As a rule he expects a town to give for the support of the library 10 per cent an- nually of the cost of the building. In other words, the library is to be owned by the community. It Is to be the library of the people, the rich and the poor alike contributing to its support. This fact should always be kept in mind in accepting the gift of build ing at the hands of MT. Carnegie. Ii. braries bearing his name are, however. going up in all the states. There will soon be fifty or more in every state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Cotton Is Plainly King

The country Is increasing in popula- tion so fast it eats nearly all the wheat it produces, and the prospect of wheat exports in the future is not promising. The best judges of the productive power of the northwest are inclined to think that exports of wheat will soon cease altogether. Canada will contin- ue to export wheat, but this country will soon need for domestic consump- tion all it can produce.
 Corn Is not a great export crop. It is not directly great cash crop In one form or another it turns to cash, but when the meats it fattens are traced, corn Is lost sight of At any rate comparatively little of it is ex- ported. It is a great crop on the farms. and the country could not prosper without it.
 This situation leaves cotton unsur- passed and even unapproached as a cash crop-as an export crop-and as an industrial factor. Cotton, in short, is king, and it's position in the future is well assured. It promises to remain the chief and dominant crop of the country. A crop that is worth $700,. 00000 year-that exports over sev- en million bales year, supplying two- thirds of the spindles of the world that affords employment to 5000 900 of our people on the farms and in the mills-that is turned each year into manufactured goods valued at two bill lion dollars--such a crop has no equal in this or any other country.
 The United States produces about 66 per cent of the commercial cotton crop of the world. About 15 per cent is grown in India, 2 per cent in Egypt, 4 per cent in Russia, and the remainder is grown in China, Brazil, Mexico. Pe- I'll, Turkey and Persia. Soil, climate and moisture combine to give the south supremacy in the production of cotton, and that supremacy is as we'll assured as 1t ever has been. The cotton belt practically clothes a naked world, and 1t will continue to do so, apparently, to the end of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
FEAST OF CORPUS
 CHRISTI SERVICES

Yesterday being the Sunday within the octave of the feast of Corpus Christi services at St. Pauls church were especially impressive. The Rev. Father Placidus. O. s. B., was the celebrant at high mass and the Rev. Father Coyle read the scripture les sons in English and delivered a brief discourse extempore.
 Immediately after the mass the blessed sacrament was prone in solemn procession through the church and dur ing the afternoon hundreds of the faithful visited the church to mediate and pray in the presence of the sacred host which was placed in exposition above the altar
 In the couse of his remarks Father Coyle explained that the festival com memorates Gods greatest gift to man Himself in the sacrament of love. Today" said the minister "the Cath ollie world bows down in adoration of the real presence, and processions and benedictions in every land testify to the love and loyalty of the faithful children of the church to Emanuel God with us Yet, though 1t Is true that grand ritual and ceremonial are in use all over the globe, many there are who know not the Savior and who never realize the wonderful treasure in cir midst. Aye, and even in the very church of Christ, that divinely insti- tuted infallible society that He left to perpetuate His mission till He come again to judge all men. do we not see much coldness, much indifference, much ingratitude? It was not ever thus. Read church history go back in thought to the early days of faith and fervor when all were of one mind and when all realized and appreciated Gods greatest gift.
 "We live in gross and material age and the world has drifted far from God. An, but there is one on earth who sees and understands the evils of this unspiritual age, the supreme pontiff, Plus x, now gloriously ruling the church; and he knows too the remedy for the evils that afflict mankind He knows that a return to ancient faith, ancient fervor and ancient practice is the one thing needed to bring order to a spiritually disordered earth The Pope, by the Holy Spirit enlightened. adopted at the beginning of his pontf- cate the motto that animated the great apostle to the Gentiles instaurare om- mia in Christo, to restore all things to Christ: and from the first day that he assumed his lofty charge until now he has lived up to that motto consist ently. He calls the attention of the world and the attention of Catholics in particular to the great central mys- tery of faith-the real presence. The holy father wants Cath olics to realize that 1t Is everything; that to this every thing else that is heavenly tends. He wishes that the olden days of lively faith would come again and so he has issued his call to the practice of daily holy communion. His example, his preaching, and his earnest efforts have caused a spiritual awakening."
 Father Coyle concluded by exhorting his hearers as loyal children of the church and spiritual subjects of the Pope of the blessed sacrament" to do their part by increased devotion to Christ in the eucharist by more fre- quent reception of holy communion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
MIsERIMUs,
By William Winter.

By William Winter. (Years ago. when walking in the pre- cincts of the beautiful cathedral at Wor- cester, England, I saw that word-with marking grave. A more pathetic epi- taph could not be conceived. It has al- ways dwelt Ii, my remembrance, and 1t was the inspiration of this poem.) The torment of consuming thought, That vultrre of the breast Must bide with me till death has brought The belison of rest; But when the weary watch I keep In time has passed away, Ah let my sleep be long and deep Forever end day! IT. More ghost than man, a 1eeting wrath, Affrighted and aghast, l wander mid sie wrecks of faith And ashes Of the past. Bleak o'er my life the winds that sweep Have left 1t ccld and gray An. let my sleep be long and deep Forever and q day!
 III. I've joy'd; I mourn'd; I've lov'd and lost The pearl Of human bliss; My spirit has been tempest-tost On fair demons kiss; For me no womans love will weep, No womans heart will pray; An let my sleep be long and deep Forever and day,
 ". I've suffer'd words could never tell The bitterness of wrong! My heart has Leen affliction's hell While peace was all my song; I'm weary; I'd he glad to creep
 Into my bed of clay; An. let my sleep be long and dssp- Forever and d dayI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Why a Large Vote Is Needed

There are selfish men gumshoeing the city, and even the county, to get out vote to serve their selfish pur- poses. They can command a certain considerable vote, and large general vote cast by the patriotic citizens of the county is needed in order to over come the silent workers for self.
 Some of these silent men want no skyscraper courthouse and jail and more of them desire to retain the fee system. Not a few of them are op- posed to the abolition of offices in a dozen small municipalities that would constitute parts of a Greater Birming ham. These various selfish interests will contrive to vote together on Satur- day next, and this is why large vote is needed for the good of all.
 Do not forget the day. Vote for a member of the legislature and for courthouses at both Birmingham and Bessemer, thus providing all needful room for county affairs for forty years at least. Forty years in Jefferson coun- ty is a very considerable period in which many things may take place. The great growing county of the state needs a modern courthouse and jail in it's chief town, and still another one of more modest proportions at Bessemer. Vote for both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
DRY GOODS MARKET
 IS VERY STRONG

New York, June 13.-The cotton goods market has been strong and ac- tive during the week, principally on print cloths and print cloth yarn goods. Sales of print clothse on Fall River amounted to nearly three weeks pro- duction. The cotton yarn market was characterized by a broader inquiry and a somewhat improved volume of busi- ness, but prices are generally low and irregular.
 Colored cottons are being purchased by the manufacturing trades for late delivery.
 The American Woolen company an- nounces that its opening prices for spring to be made next week will be the high est in the history of the cor- poratlon, due to the advance in raw material, and adds that prices will move upward rather than downward after the openings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
LONGEVITY OF THE RAVEN

great age of individual ravens has come to light In the diaries of Maj. William Dickey of It. Kent. For more than 40 winters Major Dickey repre- sented Ft. Kent and the adjoining townships in the Maine legislature. He sat in the Maine house when Hannibal Hamilton was elected the first repub- lican governor of Maine and was 8 veteran legislator when James G. Blaine and Chief Justice Fuller were reporters for the Augusta newspapers. As rule Major Dictey travelled on foot. joining some band of wandering Indians who followed the water courses in canoes as long as the lakes were free from ice. In his written record of the journey wh ich he made in the autumn of 1889 Major Diekey says that while he. with party of Indians. was padding up the Allagash river they were followed by raven which was in the habit of repeating the words ''mush daw" at frequent intervals.
 As "mush daw" is French Canadian corruption of the French command "marche donc," which means move along" Major Diclsey believed that the raven had caught the phrase from the French-Canadian teamsters, who were in the habit of driving their horses on the ice of Allagash river as long ago as the time when Father Rale defended his church and convents against the English in 1724 and lost his life in the battle.
 Every woodsman or traveller who is familiar with the Allagash country be- tween Chamberlain Lake and Seven Islands has seen and heard the famous "mush daw" raven, which is now ele- vated into local deity by the super stitious residents. The chances are that they believe the bird Is the same that caused Major Dickey to record it's pecu- liar gifts in his diary nearly TO years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
SOUVENIR HABIT.

From Lippincott's Magazine.
 Souvenor spoons. knives, forks, plates, photographs. postal cards and what-not have been a perfect passion with the multitude The thing seemed to have been carried little too far when somebody at reception to MT. Wu, the Chinese ambassador, some years ago tried to snip off a piece of that eminent humorist's pigtail with a pair of pocket scissors; but even that was surpassed by a certain Chicago woman.
 A stranger speaking of her to an- other woman observed that she had heard that she was a confirmed sou venir hunter.
 Not really k1eptomaniac, you know" she said.
 oh, no, not at all," was the reply. "She is just the ultra of souvenir hunting. I happen to know her too You see. some years ago she paid weekend visit at our country place, and when 1t was over'-
 You missed your silverware?"
 No, indeed" was the answer. My husband!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
Van Buren (me.) Cor. N Y. Press.

Van Buren (Me) Cor. N. Y. Press.
 @ HERE is tradition among the @ Indians of Maine and New
 Brunswick that the small and rusty raven lives for centuries. In the records kept by the French refu gees who were evieted from Acadia in 1755 is a story of a raven that was a regular attendant 1t the outdoor masses celebrated by the homeless French peo- pie when they made their first settle ment at Grand Falls, oh the upper reaches of St. John river. The raven was in the habit of sitting on a limb of tall spruce and croaking forth it's responses to the words uttered by the aged priest, until it was able to repeat a good portion of the Cath ollie ritual from having heard it often
 This bird is said to have left Grand Falls and gone to Quebec, where it was when Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery made their attack on the city at the outbreak of the Revolution ary war. The raven remained in the vicinity of Quebec for more than a cen tury, making itself known from time to time by following the French Cana dian worshipers home from mass on Sunday mornings and entering houses and receiving tidbits of food from the kindly people.
 At some date between 1880 and 1890 this raven, which was held in high respect by all persons, disappeared from Quebec and the belief was wide spread that 1t had died from the .infirm fties of advanced age. though the French Voyageurs who had been trap ping for the Hudson Bay company af- hrmed that they had seen the bird near Winnipeg frequently and hadeheard it eroak forth the words from the Cath ollie prayer book so plainly that the sounds could not have been mistaken.
 Another confirmatory story as to the