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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-12
Resolution Of Proposed Contract

TTUP0seu SUHtrutt
Resolution of proposed contract between the
township of Oldmans and the Pedricktown
Water Company, for the protection OF the
property of the township from fire.
WHEREAS the Town of Pedricktown of the
Township of Oldmans. is without any means
of fire protection.
BE 1T RESOLVED, by the Township Commit
shin committee herebv oGecIares IFS Intention
70 enter into a contract with the Pedricktown
Water Company for a term of five years for a
supply OF water fol fire purposes; the price of
said supply to be Five Hundred Dollars per
year.
RESOLVED, that circumstances against the
making of said contract may be filed with the
township clerk on or before the twenty-second
VIM. S. STILES
Chairman of Township Committee
j. 2. FENTON
Published 5, IL, 1909 Township Clerk
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23

The Grenada Fair and Live Stock AZ
sociation will hold three days meet.
ing in October. Preparations are being
made for this affair, and the prospects
point TO marked increase in success
ever the last former fairs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
WAR OF TRADE ONLY
PRESIDENT TELLS JAPs TO LOOK
OUT FOR Us COMMERCIALLY
Orient Il battle-ground old-Tims
Affection Between the Two
Countries Pledged

Minneapolis. Minn.-The war that j.
to BE- fought cut between Japan and the
tnitel >tste>, President Taft SUNDAY v
declared, Is a commercial war.
He grsspsd the hand of fellowship ami
peace that vas extended him by the
japanese commercial commission that Is
touring the country. and at the same
time warned them To look out for ".
since American business men are at last
awakening to the demands of the on
entail trade and are up and doing. Baron
>lubusawa. who Is chairman OF the Jap
anese commission. pledged the oli-time
affection between Japan aud the United
States as an assurance Of peace betweea
the two nations in the future.
Mr.. Taft humorously laid all the war
talk to the newspapers. which. he de-
elared were also now resonciied to the
fact that there would be no armed
clash.
II was a veritable iapanese-American
peace conference that the president pre-
sided over-approPriately arranged for
Sunday with an ideal setting in the
Lafayette Club on the shore Of heauti-
ful Lake Minnetonka, twenty miles out
from Minneapolis.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
LISTING THE CORPORATIONS
Ns~ In Likely to lead the Admin
'ssrstion Into Morass Of
Troubles

The paradox OF a tar bv the fed.
erai government upon a privilege con
ferred by a state comes up eonspicu-
ously in the instructions sent out from
Washington requiring internal r,ve-
nue. collectors to begin listing and
classifying corporations for the new
tax
Under the Law. II Il Is not Knocked
out by the courts. every corporation
tn the country must make its returns
on or before March I. 1910. and an
nnaily thereafter But how are the
Internal revenue collectors to make
up their lists What sources of infor
nation have they. except upon com
mon hearsay. upon which to decide
whether given concern is a corpora.
uon- a partnership or an individual,
The name on the street sign will
generally Indicate the character of the
concern. but state and local records.
over which the federal government
has no sort Of authority. are the only
sources from which the collectors can
compile their lists with any approach
10 completeness. They can get a
list OF all the concerns Incorporated
by the state OF Missouri from the sss,-
retary of state in Jefferson City and
from no other source
Suppose a state refuses TO open its
books TO the federal agents9 IL NAV
be the possibility of such action which
causes Attorney General wickersham
to revive the Rooseveltian proposal of
federal incorporation OF concerns do
ing interstate business misehisyous
measure of even more doubtful Iexal.
~ than the taxation of state corpora
tions
The constitution eonfers upon con.
gress the power only ito regulate com.
merce among the several
states II gives no power to create
the agencies OF such commerce and
congress cannot. through what Mr..
Roosevelt has called Constructive
Jurisprudence usurp that power with
out placing a strain on our federal
system greater than IL can bear.
The Taft administration has started
with a central policy which Is leading
the president and his advisers into a
morass Of troubles.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
Mr.. Fairbanks and St. James.

Mr.. Fairbanks is a highly reputable
and useful citizen. II vice-presidents.
ike poets. are born and not made. he
sas born for the exercise OF yice-pres-
dental function. He is an ornament
1t the Indiana county fairs. He has
wealth and a spotless personal charac-
.er. and. according to all reports. is a
Kind husband and an indulgent father.
Nor is that all. He is a stanch and
stalvart party man and a very good
aeighbor. He is a good man and.
heaven be thanked. there are at least
'ne million in the country of equal fit.
less for the Enthusiastically. which Is
% say that they are not the men for
he place.-Philadelphia Public Led
yer
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
Power of Trusts Increased

The truth Is that the tariff has been
revised. on the whole. in the interest
u the privileged bensnciaries who
ever since the days OF the Mckinley
act have received the lions share Of
the favors bestowed By Republican
legislators There Is not monopoly
or trust In the United States which
viii be made to loosen its hold on the
masses By reason OF the Aldrich re-
vision OF the schedules. The majority
in congress which. in the making OF
tariffs. Is to all practical intents and
purposes Senator Aldrich-have left
the consumers in the clutches of the
trusts The strangle hold Of monopoly
has not been broken. II IL had been
the purpose OF Mr.. Aldrich to give the
masses the benefit of honest tariff re-
vision. would the wool schedules of
the new act be what they are, Would
the duty on manufactures OF cotton
goods have been framed notoriously
in the interest of the manufacturers Of
New England Would the sugar trust
have been treated with such gracious
considerations
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
DAMAGE ALONG COAST.
Hurricane at Biloxi-Traetion Company
Suffers

Mobile Ala--Beginninc at an early
hour Monday morning came the first in
dications Of the gulf tropical storm. mos,
unwelcome to Mobile merchants. her cit
Dens. marine interests, and especially tc
those residing on the exposed coast along
the eastern shore. such a. Coden. Bayor
LaBatre and ether places along the
Mobile and BAY Shore rsilruad. and also
towns on Mississippi Sound. along the
Louisville Nashville railroad
Mobile, at : O'Clock Monday night had
received very little of the disturbance
During the afternoon all river and bay
craft that could get away vcnt up Mo
bile river to Twelve-Mile island as 8
preeaution, but some vessels decided &c
take chance and quite few of then
were anchored out in the river opposite
the city wharve~. Maximum wind We
lceity here was thirty-four miles an hour
and at O'Clock was twenty-four miles
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
OPPOSE POSTAL BANKS
DANCER OF USE AS POLITICAL
ARM TOO GREAT.
Bankers Assins. Plan to Put Them
In Bonds Guaranty Deposit
Laws Are Scored

Chieago.-After five days eonsiders
tion and discussion Of financial psol-
lens Of greater or lesser import, the
thirty-nfth annual convention Of the
American Bankers' Association adj
journei Friday.
Among the results Of the conference
ot bankers. numbering elss-e to 5000.
and representing every state in the
Union, their practically unanimous con
demnation Of postal savings banks, ami
legislation guaranteeing bank deposits
stands out distinctly.
On the affirmative side strong senti-
Ensnt favoring the establishment Of
central bank for the entire country
revived approval from many bankers,
and was advocated in the annual address
OF the president. George NJ. Reynolds. 81
the Continental Natiunal Bank Of chi.
cago.
Different groups of the bankers in
the section meetings came out strongly
IN favor OF permitting national hank.
10 establish separate savings bank de-
apartments with funds segregated from
the other interests of the hank, and sav-
ing deposits specially protected A rs,a-
lutiou ple,iging the association tn SEX
legislation booking to the establishment
q sleh segregated savings a~psrs za-ut-
failed Of passsge. and was referred 70
the currency commission Tor eonslierk-
tiou.
Without dissent the convention Adopt
81 the following resolutions touchiny the
ps~tal savings hank problem;
Resolved, That it i the senss Of this
association that We should condemn in
unqualified terms the propositions for the
establishment of postal savings hanks,
or sny other system BY which the gov
eminent enters directly into banking re-
lations With the psople.
Resolved. That We tsIi.ve the pry-
possni plan 10 invest postal savings hank
deposits to the extent or seven hunsIred
million dollars in United States bonds
simply TO maintain such bonds at par
J. unsafe and unwise legilation. ami 10
enacted would ultimately lead 10 lack
"a eoufdsnee in our national credit
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
BISHOP Ward IS DEAD
BREAKDOWN CAME AFTER HE
REACHED JAPAN.
Aads Bishop in 1908 Son Of .
Pioneer, He Practically
Educated Himself.

Tokio.-BishoP Seth Ward, OF the
Nt'hoiisi Episrupal Church. South, died
Mcoiay Afternoon. The bishop arrived
IN hole last month on his regular tour
Of Inspection Of the Methodist missions
o. japan, and he was taken III shortly
att-S hi. arrival. Last week he was re-
pos'ei as gradually sinking. and the
tA'al termination Of his illness was not
sreN r-ct~L
BsaoP Ward. Who came from Hou.-
ton, Tex. sailed from San Francisco.
Nhih he was not suffering from any
e oHic complaint. 1t was known that he
VS. IN pnor health. and his friends at
: srsed 10 di-suade him from the trip.
The tishop was 81 wears OIL. lie .ervsl
a. assistant missionary secretary Of the
Methodist Epicopal Church. south. from
1909 until 1905. and was elected bishop
in the latter year.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
BRISTOL IS NOW A WET TOWN
Several Saloons Are Preparing to
Open Up.

Bristol. Na.-Saloons viii open in
the Virginia half OF the city at once,
a. result Of Judge Kelley. deci.ipu of
the nov famous ocal option contest.
vAich grrw ou, Of the eievtion of July
:. IN whieh the vets won BY a major
ty of =. Judge Kelley sustained the
couteution Of the contestees IN the con
TIT. ami dcci,iei that a majority of the
legal vOtes east in the election wsrr in
favor OF hcsnse. He quickly dsni-,i a
nlotion u counsel for the drys 30 sus-
P~nd his order and refu.e licens. until
their appeal i passs-i On by the higher
court. announcing al the tim. that he
viii on "Wednesday grant licenses to all
who may be entitled to them under the
hw. The decision - a -ore defeat for
the drys. who have spent large amount
of money in an effort to have the vote
Of the recent election changed 80 az To
show inaiarity against saloons.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
HAD TO PAY FOR APPLAUSE
New York Opera Singers Are Being
Blackmailed.

New iork--netectiyes have been re-
tanned 20 break up an organization OF
men who arc said to have netted a CON
siderable income from grand opera sing
ers WIN prefer applause TO hisses. Rn-
uiors several SEASONS old that eertain
opera singers employed persons in the
a1Hiienc~ to applaud them were given err
'isnee By the management OF the Metre
Poli'an anil Manhattan opera houses
Whrn they declared that sarh singers
had heen the victims Of bl4ekmal anil
that whatever mon-y they had given
va more To- Prevsut Icing his-e.i than
to obtain applause
Anuriing 10 several weiLknown sin.-
ers they bad hseh approached BY uisui-
hsr- ef this hand uho had plainly ir.-
formed them that unless tksy paid Hl-
eraiix for applause their singing would
b. hi~-sd- Experience showed that tho.e
whp DID not pay were hi--e,i Th. man
agsrs declsre that they will break up the
prsetiee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
TENS Cities Are Safe.

uthern Texas cities. Galveston
sfon. that might be considered
danger from coast, storms Of
1ty of this one. have not been
BY the storm. From Houston
nation was conveyed that there
no communication with New
pinee noon IL j. evident. there
hf the wires west Of New Or
p slaughtered in the first Of the
hieh psrhaPs reached the Texas
~ about nocu-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
LAW CAN NOT LAST
NEW TARIFF MEASURE WITHOUT
sTaENoTa.
Country Will Have TO Turn 10 the
Democratic Party 10 Secure Real
Relief from lnpositious Of
Monopoly.

President Taft's assertion that the
sew tarin bill represents an honest
EFFORT to redeem party pledges Of re
vision downward Is true. so far as Il
applies to his own efforts and those OF
the progressive Republicans In each
house of congress: but II cannot BE-
truthfully applied to the efforts Of the
ruling oligarchy In the senate: for
such concessions as were wrung from
Aldrich took the very hardest kind OF
work by the president and the pro
yressives. The progressive Republic
an senators have accomplished some
thing. but not much. as their votes
against the bill show: for they were
In hEpeless minority at almost every
point
We cannot agree with that consid.
cradle number OF men and nevspa-
pers who expect for this tariff a long
life. some predicting that IL may en-.
dure as long as the Dingley bill. which
became law - years ago On the
contrary. We should be greatly sur
prised to see IL last four years. or even
A' EN1EAE aAN AV11A
the tariff as never before. The de-
bate on this bill covers 5000 pages
In the congressional record. inclusive
OF i0.0aO. .0Oa words-doubie the space
taken over the Dtngiey bill Above
all. the methods and purposes OF the
Aldrich oligarchy have been exposed
Il was frankly announced that Mr..
Aldrich was In great fear lest the
schedules might now BE- reopened
again in the separate houses. believ-
ing that II this should Be done moth
ing could save many Of his most cher
ished high duties from terrific slaugh-
ter
IL is inconeeivable that with all this
knowledge before them. and with the
cost OF living steadily on the increase.
the people will consent to await in
definitely the accomplishment Of the
tariff reforms which the progressive
senator's and the president have striv-
en vainly To bring to pass.
Noteworthy reductions have. in
deed. been wrung from the high tar
~ eustodisns. While iron ore and
coal are not put on the free list. the
duty On the former Is cut from 40 TO
Is cents a ton and on the latter from
81 TO IS cents. and considerable re
tuctions are made In the iron and
steel schedules Hides were put on
the free list through the insistenee Of
the president. and duties on leather
and It's products are reduced. The lurn-
Der and wood duties are also lowered
and here and there are other reduc-
tons u some merit A fsw years ago
these concessions would have been ae-
1epsed a. satisfactory. but nov they
Nih not b.. Their granting il. In
faei. but stimulus TO fresh demand
Y ~ill not Be surprising To see both
Republican and Democratic aspirants
FOR house and senate asking election
for the chief purpose Of securing still
further tariff reductions.
9lis star
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
ROUGIER FLIES $50 FEET.
Establishes New Aeroplane Record-FIy-
ing Carnival at Brescia Ends.

Bre-eia. ItaIy--The flying carnival
uas brought TO a close Monday with q
New height record for this meeting. Rou-
gisr reached an altitude of 1854. metres.
about $50 feet. ami he was greeted with
enthusiastic applause by the multitude
gathered in the aero.lome.
Lieut.. Caldsrara. after Wrseking his
ssruplane. brought out a reserve machine
snd attempted to lover Curtis-' time Of
40 minutes. - seconds for so kilametrs-,
On miles. but he snecee,ied in eoyerin.
the distance only in 40 minutes 30 3-5
sscunds.
king Victor Emmanuel was present
throughout the day and warmly congrat-
uiatr,i the aviators.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23

II the tariff bill. as reported. Is sat
sfsctory to Mr.. Taft. then Mr.. Tafts
dea OF the necessary tariff reduction
ioes not meet the requirements Of
western voters who supported him
only because OF his tariff reduction
pledges.
The only partial compensation for
his injustice Is that IL may result in
1, constitutional amendment. making
United States senators directly re-
iponsible to the people. Twenty.nine
states have already declared in favor
II this change. A similar declaration
oy two more states will render popu-
ar election OF the upper house a
practical certainty.
Once that is accomplished the PEG
pie will secure tariff revision. in spite
d the trusts and their AIdriches.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
NO. 46.
THIS ONE MAN GOVERNMENT
Consolidation of Power ln the Hands
Of the Chief Executive 20 es
Deplored.

The rapid enlargement OF the prssi.
dents powers seerns to be the fixed
policy Of congress Whether from in.
dolence or Indifference. at the session
just closed It subscribed unreservedIy
TO new methods Of executive central.
iEation. II revealed faith In one
man power that Is blind and unques.
tioning
A corporation tar Is included In the
tariff bill. In this way the govern
ment will secure statistics and in.
formation concerning the many cor.
porations OF the country. Not auto.
maticaily by law. however. congress
DEGREES shall this information be
made public. bat solely at the direc.
tion" of the president II Ia for him
personally to decide what shall BE- sup
pressed and what published. lie IL
made sole and absolute Judge.
Fer the nr~t time . syrs-n % msx
imum and minimum tarin rates is es-
tablished. But congress does not de
termine when and where the maxi.
mum or toe minimum rates shall b.
imposed The president. so congress
wills. shall decide whether France
or Germany. or any other country with
which Ne trade shall pay or escape
an additional 25 per cent. ad valorem
tar on the goods Il sends Us lie. not
congress. - to raise and reduce the
tariff
Again. in the tariff bill. congress an-
thoriEes the issue Of $3.50 900 900 in
bonds for the Panama canal. But
in separate bill IL authorizes the
president TO enter into contracts for
the completion OF the Panama canal
and harbors up TO the full amount OF
the bonds. In time OF national emer-
geney President Mckinley vas given
control Of s50,Ooo. 900 for preparation
for var For NO pressing reason al.
mos, six times that huge sum 10
placed at the disposal OF President
Taft for use on the isthmus.
Not only has congress shown the
desire to disregard its duties and shirk
Its responsibilities. but Il has in.
vested the president with powers over
the revenues and expenditures OF the
government beyond his legitimate
functions. by so much II has abdi.
Gated in favor OF one man government.
New York World.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
MANY LIVES LOST In CUBA.
News Of Damage Frem Hurriease Slow in
Coming In.

Havana. Cuta.-News u constantly ar.
riving from the towns in Pinar del Rio
telling Of disaster caused by the latest
hurricane. Many lives were lost. II is
impossible to ascertain the number. for
telegraph communication is completely
interrupted. the storm having left the
poles and wires down In every direction.
Thousands Of houses have becn wrecked
and many fishing boats sunk The loss
of property - estimated at more than
81. 200. 600.
Subscriptions are being started all over
the island to sueror the sufferers. Fam
ire Is reigring throughout the afflicted
places and IT is difficult to sen rro-
visions 20 them. for the roads have been
left in all but impossible condition. The
Cuban treasury is without available re-
lief fsnds- and President Gomez last
night called specis' session Of congress
to meet sept. - for the purpose of max.
ing a relief appropriation.
The Isle Of Pines. where most Of the
inhabitants are Americans, also suffered
heavily from the hurricane. The orange
crop Is reported destroyed and many
houses are in ruins.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
RIah, Ultimately wiz rriumph

The situation must De acute when
the president has To defend in
speech this new tariff Law. Il
is all in confirmation Of the pre-
diction OF the Post Dispatch that
the final approval OF the bin
would mark not the end OF the tariff
controversy. but the beginning OF a
new agitation which viii gather force
until there is a final settlement in
which account will be taken OF the
cost of living. and wealth. not poverty.
will be taxed.-St- Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
No Poet for Taft.

New Orleans, La.-There will be n
official poet designated to handle the
situation when President Taft arrive.
nere next month after a srip down the
Mississippi river to attend the lzkes-tO-
the-gulf deep waterways convention.
This announcement has been definitely
made BY the committee in charge Sew
eral tons Of matter branded poetry
had already arrived, and Indications OF
an avalanche prompted those in the dan
ger zone to take prompt precautionary
measures.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
MRS. COOK WILL NOT TALK
Says Her Husband Will Do His
Own Talking.

New N0rk---This is a mans battle
and can be -ettled only by men IL Is
NJ time for n woman 10 interfere. and l
snail let Mr.. Peary and ny husband set
tie il by themselves. ] am content TO
l-t my husband take all the honors. and
shall not discuss the matter until his
arrival
This was what Mrs. Frederick A.
took. wife Of the explorer. said when
she came TO New York Friday afternoon
with her two children 70 await the ar
rival Of her husband She refused to
-ay more abaut the controversy.
That i ALL" she declared 4 am
waiting anxiously for him. and when be
comes he viii speak. | will not talk
OF il further"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
rhirteen-cent STAMPS 70 60.

washington.-The days of the 13-cent
postage stamp are numbered Instead
of this denomination, by some supposed
to be uniucky, the postofiiee department
will issue ls-cent stamp. Acting Post
masteE-General Stewart today requested
the Secretary OF the Treasury to have
the rev stamp printed at the Bureau
n Engraving and Printing. The i3-eent
stamp was devised 70 cover the eosf
the Scent registry Zee and the scent
internatipEsl rsstase rate
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23

Mobile, Ala.-The tropical storm
which has been central over the Cult
since Saturday moved inland Monday
and strurk the territory west Of Bay 81
Louis. about fifty miles from New OF,
leans The greatest damage. according
to reports here, was experienced BY the
Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad. the
tracks Of that line being washed out in
two places Through traffic along the
coast has been abandoned.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23

n-Telegrsph wires and bridge.
Havana and Pinar Del Rio are
IN. and consequently il has been
f< TO ascertain the extent OF
nee wrought By the storm in
lioH- u has been learned. how
p many hundreds cf peasants
isute from the destruction of
b and crops.
~asury = without available ~
Is and President Gomez called
session Of congress for sept.
AXE a relief appropriation The
in Pinar del Rio Is today esti-
q 81, i,0oO. 900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-09-23
GOVERNORS URGE IS CENTS
Sanders, Donaghsy, Brown and
Wilson Will Cooperate

BATON Rouge. LA majority 1t the
governors OF the Southern Statss have,
according to the correspondence received
at the executive offer, acted favorahiy
upon the suggestion Of Gov. Sanders.
that the governors Of the South urge the
cotton farmers to hold their cotton for
Is cents. Following are some OF the
letters received by Gov. sanders;